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Why didn't Harry ever get punished?


He was acting very bratty througout the whole film, and not ONCE did Tess punish him.

-He has no right to barge into Anna's room and bang on her guitar with sticks.

-He has no right to jump on her bed, put on her bra (with I admit made me lol) and read her diary.

- Plus when Anna and Tess switched bodies, Tess finally saw all the sneaky stuff he does while sitting in the back of the car.

So why was Anna the only one getting scolded but not Harry?

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maybe Harry is the favorite child.

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No, he's not.

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I was the oldest child of the family and always the one in trouble not my younger sister. I hated it.

Unfortunately once I became a mom I could understand somewhat why the oldest is more likely to be in trouble not the little one.

Parents often expect the oldest to handle things in a more mature way so instead of chasing and beating up a sibling they can calmly ask the parent to do something such as stop going into a room without permission.

I agree it isn’t fair but when it comes to parenting more than one kids you want peace and want it now. It’s easier to fuss at the older one to calm down and hush than deal with a brat. Lol my point is parents are not perfect. We make mistakes

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Cause he's a STANK PUSSY HOE πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Well, the solution is simple: Because he was a child, as opposed to Anna, who was a teenager. Most parents have a tendency to punish or blame the older child, while the younger child doesn`t get punished. It happens a lot of times in many families.

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For that matter why did Tess in Anna's body tell Harry to eat Anna's cereal the morning when Anna and Tess first switched bodies? Why not tell him to get his own cereal?

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She probably did it to distract Harry from what was happening to Anna.

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But why tell him to eat Anna's cereal and not his own?

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Because it was the thing that would get Harry to actually leave the room.

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Makes sense.

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