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weather will cooperate. dps caught on camera, ohio police released the video of an ohio shooting that killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child. how her family is reacting. social distortion. a once popular parenting blogger now under arrest and charged with child abuse, why her oldest daughter is saying it is about time. and you are hired, over 180,000 jobs were created last month, beating expectations. but the unemployment rate ticked up. why it actually might not be a bad thing. we'll take good news for the end of the week. >> we like it on a friday. >> thanks for joining us. we begin this hour with the labor day travel scramble. >> millions of americans from coast to coast are hitting the roads and taking to the skies to get away for the last lont weekend of the summer. aaa estimates that 95 million americans will travel by car this holiday. at the airports, the tsa and faa are preparing for an estimated 14 million travelers, capping off a record summer for air travel. we have everything you need to get ready for your labor day

weekend, let's start with nbc news aviation correspondent tom costello. >> reporter: think about the numbers here, more than 100 million people are traveling over the labor day weekend. that means roughly a third of the country is traveling. it is going to be very busy. people on the roads, and also in the airports. however you travel, you're going to have a lot of company. >> it's that last big get away of the summer. millions of americans driving into a busy travel weekend ahead. >> a lot of traffic. >> we expect a lot more people. a lot more crowds. especially with the long weekend. >> reporter: aaa says bookings for domestic travel, including flights, hotels, rental cars, and cruises, are up 4% since labor day last year. and a whopping 44% rise in international bookings, with top destinations including vancouver, rome, london, dublin, and paris. >> with an estimated 95 million americans expected to travel in

the coming days, experts say the best time for to avoid heavy traffic are in the evening and the early morning. >> the longer you wait during the rest of the day, more people are just going to be filtering on the roads. so if you can get a good jump start on the holiday, you will be out ahead of the crowd. >> some cities with typically heavy traffic are expected to be even more congested than usual, including l.a., seattle, houston, atlanta, and boston. >> it takes us three hours, it takes us three hours, we're there for the weekend, we will have a good time. >> reporter: some travelers are planning ahead. >> we're actually going to go back on sunday, so we're not dealing with the monday traffic. >> reporter: and with the roads expected to be packed, experts are urging motorists to drive with patience. to avoid what's become a nationwide problem. road rage. a new survey finds the most confrontational drivers are in arizona, followed by rhode island, and west virginia, and virginia, and oklahoma. if you're looking for polite drivers, head to delaware. they're nice there. and many drivers are getting a

break at the gas pump. average gas prices now 3.82 a gallon for aaa close to the same time a year ago. meanwhile, the holiday rush is on at the airports, the tsa expecting to screen more than 14 million passengers this weekend. it was not your imagination. if you are flying this summer and the airports were packed, tsa says they screened 227 million passengers, the most ever. 2.5 million a day. i just checked. only 42 flight cancellations today, nationwide so far, so it is looking like a pretty good day to fly, and if you're driving, get out on the roads early, guys, back to you. >> tom, thank you. let's bring in nbc news meteorologist bill karins now, bill, what is the forecast looking like as we head into the weekend? >> at least my part is cooperating. i mean the weather is probably fantastic, and i would say 85, 90% of the country. and the only issue is in the west coast, and we have a little

bit of low clouds, causing some delays, san francisco, has airport delays, arrival delays averaging 27 minutes, because of some winds also in seattle, we're averaging about 20 minutes. we can deal with half hour delays. we don't have a lost cancellations. most of the big airport hubs, dallas, atlanta, no problems, miami, new york, chicago, everything is looking pretty good. how are the roads doing? we have a lot of heavy rain down along the gulf coast. i-10 essentially a soggy ride. and looking at the rain moving in with the monsoonal flow in southern portions of arizona a little bit of rain in northern california. a closer look at some of these thunderstorms, and the thing we're worried about mostly is flash flooding, what we call monsoonal storms and you can see they just moved over interstate 8 and see if they make it up interstate 10 shortly. right now avoiding the phoenix and tucson area. as far as the flash flooding goes, a couple of warnings out there. we will continue to monitor it. so far, so good. but this afternoon, it should increase a little bit. a little careful in those areas. as far as your weekend outlook goes, record heat in the middle of the country, as we go through

sunday. some monsoonal storms there in the west. and beach day, beautiful in many areas of the east. so the east kind of looks like it is going to be totally quiet as we go through the holiday weekend. and then for labor day itself, heavy rains in idaho, montana and soak and won't ruin the entire day but there will be storms and dries out in ayers, and much of california looking good, too. >> bill karins, thank you. recovery operations are under way across multiple states after hurricane idalia ripped through the southeast earlier this week. >> local officials across the region are still out trying to survey the destruction. tomorrow, president biden will travel to florida to see the damage firsthand. idalia hit on wednesday, and still, utility crews are working to restore power to more than 100,000 customers, who are still without power across georgia, and florida. nbc news correspondent guad venegas in hard-hit showers hue beach florida and is covering the storm all week. every single day we find out about places that have been totally devastated by all of this. what are you seeing on horseshoe

beach? >> reporter: i'm seeing the cleanup process is happening here and by the way, it started raining about a half an hour ago, you can imagine how that is going to complicate that cleanup. and we have structures like the one behind me, and what used to be a structure, that was completely destroyed, one on this side, and then on this side, we have used to be another structure and the cinder blocks were blown away. you can see power lines here. they're down this. pole that is still sort of standing, and the power company has been working to restore power and make all of the necessary repairs, but you've got miles of damage like this, coming into horseshoe beach, and this is just an example of what we have seen all across the coast, the most affected areas, and this place, of course, being out by the water, it is one of the communities that got the worst of it. we had a conversation with a neighbor, just down the street over here, who came in with his wife, they're trying to save whatever they can, and at their home, and of course, they lost a lot of things, although their

home sits high on stilts, they still suffered a lot of damage. we're going to hear from him. >> guad, there is still so much of that storm surge water in community across florida's big bend, and there are new concerns about bacteria in that water, that's something that has been a concern in a lot of hurricanes in the past, it was a big thing after hurricane katrina. what can you tell us about the concerns where you are. >> reporter: right, so the concerns, i apologize, i thought we were going to hear from the neighbor, but let me talk about these concerns, because these concerns have already been voiced by authorities. so we have bacteria in the water here, especially for people that might go in the water with an open wound, so authorities have warned people, because there's water everywhere, right? so not only have the water here, but water inside the properties, yesterday, we're in an area where some of the sewage system was coming up, and this is of course very dangerous, for the bacteria that is in the water, and they've also warned about the use of generators, because

sometimes the generators have carbon monoxide that could be dangerous when used indoors, and other things that people have to pay attention to, mosquitoes, in florida, so these are things that the residents have to pay attention to, as they're out here, doing this cleanup process. >> the risks definitely continue. and don't end just because the storm has passed. thank you so much for your reporting out there. >> thanks, guad. august is gone. but the jobs report, it is here. and it is kind of a mixed bag. the u.s. added 187,000 jobs last month. that was 17,000 more jobs than economists were expecting. but looking at the unemployment rate, that number actually went up 0.3 percentage points to 3.8%. nbc news business and data reporter brian cheung is here to break down the numbers, so break it down, brian. >> labor day, let's talk about jobs, right? so the numbers that we got here showed 187,000 jobs, added in the month, as you mentioned, about what wall street economists had expected and above the pace we saw in the

month of july, but a lot slower than the months earlier in the year when we were seeing in some cases seeing more than 250,000 jobs added in a single month. economists are saying that is more of a breakneck speed and what we're seeing now is more consistent with a normal growing economy and we're watching what is happen welcome the unemployment rate ticking up to 3.8%, and there are some groups, likes for example the hispanic population saw an increase, even more substantial in their unemployment rate as welch and that is what we will have to watch in the months to come. >> and quickly, you can tell us what is driving the unemployment rate? >> it is interesting, when it comes to the unemployment rate, it could be a factor, whether there are more people that are not working, but it could also be an increase in the people looking for work, which is a good thing. you have some economists say that was likely the case in august, so that partially explained the uptick of the unemployment rate, to 3.8% but to see it below 4% is very historically low. >> we'll take it. a win is a win. >> a win's a win. >> that's right. >> brian, thank you.

it is time now for today's cnbc money minute. borrowers beware. student loan payments are back. and there is a novel out there, and it will cost you a pretty penny. morgan brennan joins us now. >> a few pretty pennies. hello. after more than a three-year break during the pandemic, a pause on federal student loan debt interest accrual officially expires today. bauers are expected to make their first payment on october 1st. and another big shakeup announced today in college sports. the atlantic coast conference adding three schools, stanford, cal, and smu, will start playing in the conference next year. the additions will help create a pool of revenue to be shared among other acc schools. sources tell espn, it is expected to bring in 50 to $60 million each year. and a chance to own some michael jordan memorabilia. that has nothing to do with the hoops. his signed copy of "to kill a mockingbird" set to go up for

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a utah mother and author is back in court today, facing murder charges. prosecutors say corey poisoned her husband with a deadly dose of fentanyl and wrote a children's book on grief following his death. she has not yet entered a plea. nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin is following this case. >> so my husband passed away unexpectedly last year. >> a out wife and mother of three, accused of fatally poisoning her husband is due back in court. where a judge will determine whether or not the case will go to trial. she has been charged with first degree aggravated murder and three counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, has not yet entered a plea. police arrested her last may, more than a year after her

husband eric's death. at the time, she had been promoted her new children's book "on coping with grief". >> my kids and i came to write this book, on the different emotions and grieving processes that we've experienced last year. >> according to court documents, last march, officers discovered eric unresponsive at the foot of his bed in the early morning hours, and that night richins says she made eric a moscow mule that he drank in bed, according to his death, autopsy results finding that he had fentanyl in his system. according to the court documents, his family later telling investigators that eric believed corey may have tried to poison him more than once. each changing his will and life insurance from his wife to his sister. >> five times the legal dose is not accidental, your honor. >> in june, she was painted as a calculated killer during a detention hearing and revealing new details about the utah mom's alleged internet activity including searches for luxury

prisons for the rich, how long does life insurance take to pay, and can the fbi find deleted text messages. >> there's nothing to show that corey did anything to eric. it could have been accidental. >> a judge ultimately denying richins' bail and a pre-trial release. in a case centered on a family's grief, this next hearing may be a turning point towards closure. >> we're comfortable that the state has put together a good case. >> erin mclaughlin, nbc news. a well-known prank is now leading to violent incidents, nbc's steven romo explains how the classic ding dong ditch has turned dangerous. >> it's an age-old teenaged prank. [ doorbell ]. >> ringing doorbells or knocking on doors, before running away

known as a ding dong ditch. >> seen in movies and in real life. >> what are you doing? >> where is he going? >> run! >> what might have started out as an innocent trick, turning violent. this week, in tybee island, georgia, police say a group of teens playing the prank were chased down and one of them assaulted. homeowner william cole was arrested after following the group, trying to hit them with his car, and then choking one of them, until a witness intervened, according to police. tybee island investigators saying on monday that cole ran away from the scene, was considered armed and dangerous, and was actively attempting to evade them, before they later announced his arrest. >> people should never take the law into their own hands. if you legitimately feel threatened you should call the police. >> this isn't the only recent case of alleged ding dong ditch violence. just last week in wilmington, delaware, a state police trooper allegedly punched a 15-year-old boy who played that prank on his

house. >> they kicked the door once. and ran away. >> that trooper has been suspended, pending an investigation. after allegedly leaving the teenager jaden bloody and bruised according to the boy's attorney. >> he punched him so hard that it broke one of the strongest bones in his face, around his orbital rim. it gave limb a terrible concussion. >> jaden's aunt calling the incident police brutality in a facebook post. >> i spoke to these boys. they all thought that they were going to be killed. >> delaware state police saying they became aware of the incident through an internal body-worn camera review. and they're investigating whether or not there was any failure to intervene on the part of the other officers who were there at the time. >> you are taking something that is fairly innocent, mundane, and it was turned into something significantly more serious, because you yourself are now

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good friday. this is "the fast forward." i'm janelle wang. labor day weekend is upon us. many are getting in one last vacation. bob redell is at san jose international airport with the travel prognosis. >> reporter: we have seen lots of people arriving here at terminal b behind me for what is supposed to be the third busiest holiday weekend according to the federal government. the tsa predicts 14 million americans will fly out of airports over the next three days. that's an 11% increase over last year's numbers. aaa is seeing the same thing, bookings for domestic and international trips are up according to the travel agency. fewer families, according to aaa, are using this weekend for that big end of summer, last hurrah trip with the kids. >> it may be a three-day getaway, if at all. they may stay closer to home, go visit family or go to a nearby

beach or theme park. it has changed over the past few years as schools have started so much earlier. the labor day of old is not the labor day of now. >> reporter: in the east bay, oakland international is expecting 210,000 people to fly in and out between yesterday and this upcoming tuesday. not quite the levels they saw pre-pandemic, but close. that 210,000 number is about 88% the number of people who used oakland international during the 2019 labor day holiday weekend, which was that last weekend before covid, the last holiday weekend. they are reminding, arrive two hours before your flight. internationally, three hours. bob redell, nbc bay area news. here are other stories. a uc berkeley alum is running to be president of mexico. stanford is finding a new

conference. a south bay bookstore are moving forward with drag queen story hour next week despite threats. drag queen story hour at books inc. has become a tradition for drag queen tori tia. last year, protesters barged in as tori read. the same group has allegedly sent messages ahead of next week's story time. she's continuing regardless to stand against hate. silicon valley pride has hired private security for the event. stanford and cal are getting off the syncing pac-12 ship. both schools have been invited to join the acc. the move leaves the pac-12 with two remaining programs, washington state and oregon state. speaking of cal, a uc berkeley alum could be the next president of mexico.

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bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." >> the fulton county superior court judge says cameras will be allowed inside the courtroom during former president donald trump's election interference trial. unlike federal court, georgia's law allows cameras in the judicial proceedings with the judge's approval. it will be live streamed on the court's youtube channel. a date has not yet been scheduled. the miss universe

organization says it is cutting ties with the indonesian franchise after another miss universe indonesia contestant is accusing the organization of sexual harassment. the woman is one of at least seven contestants who filed complaints with the police in that country. contestants say local organizers made them undergo body checks and would yell at them to comply. the u.s. district judge has temporarily blocked arkansas from enforcing a new law. the law would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. the judge timothy brooks granted a preliminary injunction that net choice, a tech industry trade group requested, looking at the effectiveness saying the choice would likely succeed in the challenge to the law's constitutionality. police in ohio have just released body camera video from the deadly shooting of a pregnant black woman. 21-year-old ta'kiya young was shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot just north of columbus last week. store workers there reportedly accused her of stealing alcohol.

police say when they confronted young, she was in her car, and they claim she drove forward while an officer was standing in front of the vehicle. that's when they say she was shot. we want to warn our viewers that the video is disturbing. >> out of the car. out of the car. get out of the car. get out. get out of the car. get out of the car. >> get oust car. >> that's where we will stop that video nbc news correspondent maura barrett is following this story for us. maura, young's family got to see the body cam video this morning before it was released to the public. what are they saying now it that it has been made public? >> this happened, this was released about a week after the incident happened. the family saying that they're suffering an im measurable amount of grief, given that this started with an accusation of

shoplifting, and ended in their grand daughter and family member's death. she also leaves behind two sons. and we've learned that her baby who was due in november, her family says, also did not survive the incident. i want to read you some of the statement that the family released to us after they saw the video. they said, having viewed the footage in its entirety, it is undeniable that ta'kiya's death was not only avoidable, but also a gross misuse of power and authority. they're calling for a swift indictment, of this officer, for the killings of both ta'kiya and her unborn daughter. now, this is something that we have been waiting for in the last week, because we heard from police, and they've given us lengthy statements ahead of type, but now we're seeing this footage match what happened, and there is a lot of question surrounding why the second officer got in front of the vehicle, and the chain of events that unfolded from there, in terms of using his firearm, and so we do know that as the investigation continues, the

small police department outside of plumz, ohio, has handed over the investigation to the ohio bureau of criminal investigation. guys? >> and maura, police have not named the officers involved in this. why? >> so this is part of the ohio constitution and state law. basically it says that anybody that is a victim of a crime has the right to remain anonymous unless there's a waiver involved. ta'kiya young is an exception to this rule because the coroner's office identified her and so did her family, in this case, but as for the officers, they are victims of a crime as the police department lays it out as well, because of the sleek collar and mind saultd that both of them experienced. they did in the sign a waiver and that is why their faces and names have been redacted. we do know that thor in question that used his firearm has been placed on administrative leave. ellison? >> maura barrett, thank you. a white man accused of shooting a black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell in missouri will be arraigned later this month. a judge ruled thursday that

84-year-old andrew lester will stand trial in the shooting of ralph yral. he tefled after he knocked on the door by mistake, lester held up a gun and said quote don't ever come here again and sho was shot in the head and still recovering from a traumatic brain injury. lester told police he thought he was going to be robbed. he pleaded not guilty. in utah, a mother who gave parenting device on a popular youtube channel has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse. authorities say the son of the mom was found severely malnourished and open wounds after he escaped out of the window of their home and ran to their neighbors for help. nbc news youth and internet culture reporter callen rosenblat is following the story. pretty disturbing. what do we know about ruby frankly and what do we know about how this all unfolded. >> ruby frankly is known what is a family blogger on youtube and a common channel and has

received more criticism over the years because some people feels it exploits children. and she shared her parenting style with her six children, and over the last couple of years, that started to gain so the criticism. she would say things like her 99 pound daughter didn't need a lolly hop, she was too heavy and in one case she didn't allow a child to sleep in his bed, and i believe that happened -- >> the bed was taken away for search months and given back a couple of weeks ago. >> i don't think our viewers know that. >> i've been sleeping on a bean bag. >> you gave me my room back two weeks ago. >> so a lot of the viewers had raised concerns in the past, and it deals with this arrest, and some of the concerns had been validated. >> you mentioned that viewers had said am some ways they saw this arrest coming because of strict parenting style. what is the overall response online and have we heard from members of the family? >> a lot of people as i said do

feel validated this. were concerned about these children, for many years, and franky's family has even, her sisters have put out statements and the youtube video that appears to be removed in which they say they're hoping for the safety of the children and they feel they're safe now and it appears that they may have known that something was awry. i mean in one case they felt some relief knowing that the children are safe now, and that they did everything in their power and legally to sort of protect the children. so it appears they may have known something was going on but we're looking to get more information about what the family knew and what the concerns were prior to this arrest. >> yes, hopefully more truth comes to light. and also hopefully those kids are doing all right now. thank you very much. hundreds of u.s. troops who were deployed at the southern border will remain there. until at least the end of the month. the defense department told nbc news exclusively about this extension. the soldiers were deployed back in may. to help with the surge of migrants trying to cross the

border. nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube joins us now. courtney, remind us why these soldiers were deployed in the first place. and what have we learned in the course of your reporting about why the mission was extended. >> reporter: sure, so it was 1,500 u.s. troops who were sent to the southern border on what was supposed to be a 90-day deployment. the idea was they would go down there to support the department of homeland security and cbp, in their efforts to help what was expected to be a large surge in crossings of migrants, in the may, june time frame. so they were going forward, not necessarily to stop or to interact with any of the migrants, but just to sort of help behind the scenes, and take over sort of some of the bureaucratic and administrative things that the cbp agents and the dhs officials who were down there wouldn't be able to handle. if there was this large migrant surge. so fast forward to about 90 days lighter, 1100 of those 1500 were

sent home. but the secretary of defense lloyd austin at the request of the department of homeland security extended 400 of those troops for another month. that deadline was yesterday, august 31st. we learned exclusively late yesterday that in fact secretary of defense austin has extended those 400 border troop force another 30 days and they will be there until at least september 30th, with according, to the defense official we spoke work the with the option of extending furth fer necessary and if requested by dhs officials, ellison. >> when you're talking to your sources at the pentagon, what do they about the extension and the possibility that it could be extended even further? >> so it is interesting, there was a dispute, or a debate about what to do here, because dhs requested these additional, these troops to stay on longer than they were expected to, and u.s. military officials here in the pentagon did not agree with the idea of extending them again, so when the order, when the options came to secretary of defense lloyd austin's desk, le what the military might call a

nonconcur. in other words, they were saying we don't think that you should extends them. secretary austin of course did decide to extends them for at least another 30 days, but we don't often hear about those sort of behind the scenes details. where there is a dispute, or even any kind of a real debate about a deployment like this. it is pretty uncommon for us to hear these sorts of details. >> really interesting. amazing reporting from you and your team as always. we appreciate it. and in today's daily health, we're learning more about the alarming impact alcohol is having on women in america. it turns out more are drinking and dying of alcohol-related diseases. here's our very own kate snow. >> reporter: a busy medical assistant, now sober, almost five years. a far cry from life in her 20s. >> there was a bar right around the corner that opened at 8:00 a.m. and i was the first customer there. and i was the last person to leave after a series of bars throughout the day. >> she would shake if she didn't drink every hour, so she carried whiskey in tiny mouthwash

bottles. >> if you hadn't gotten help -- >> i would have died. i would have died. >> in 2018, she went to rehab. but months into recovery, she started to notice changes in her health. >> my hair was falling out. i was a funhouse mirror with a distended stomach and yellow skin. >> and she went to the doctor and found out she had done serious damage to her liver. >> stage four cirrhosis. i was 29 when i was diagnosed. >> the rate of alcohol-related deaths among women is increasing, up nearly 15%, rising faster than that of men. researchers point to changing patterns, women are drinking more because they're coping with stress and alcohol use is normalized. women take longer to metabolize alcohol than men. >> it sticks around more and it has more of an effect on the bodies. >> this doctor is a liver disease specialist at mount sinai hospital. >> women are not aware of how the alcohol they're drinking is affecting their health and it comes as a surprise when they

come in and they already have advanced liver disease. >> liver damage can lead to needing a transplant. in some cases, scarring can get better, by quitting drinking. like iah did. >> she is the prettiest kitty. >> she hopes her story might inspire other women. >> ask for help. >> that was the hardest thing to do. >> she plans to go to nursing school. ♪ >> now engaged and performs music with her fiance. >> how does it feel? >> i got more back than i ever wanted. i didn't even know the things that i had today. >> kate snow, nbc news, new york. coming up, ever feel like your parents had a favorite kid growing up? turns out there,'s a good chance they did. what we're learning about the lifelong effects of the so-called golden child. >> well, let's now turn to today's daily snapshot. these dancers do not need a stage for this death-defying routine. wall performers in london

suspended themselves from saint paul's cathedral, ringing in bartholomew fair, the festival actually dates back to the 12th century. and this is even more interesting. it was last held in 1855. i can see why. what amazing moves. who brought it up at the meeting? i know we haven't done this in a

in today's mental health check, it is the taboo topic for most families. but research slows that a lot of parents actually do indeed play favorites when it comes to their kids. >> according to one study, up to 74% of moms and 70% of dads report giving preferential treatments to their kids and experts say playing favorites can have a lasting effect on a child's personal development. let's talk about it with lori cramer, professor of applied psychology at northeastern university. lori, this is distinctly a talker. so first, let's take a listen at one clip that actually pokes fun at parents having favorites. >> you're my favorite daughter. >> i don't have a favorite daughter. >> we all know she has a favorite daughter. >> i love you all equally. >> i know you have a favorite daughter. >> of course i have a favorite daughter.

but i can't admit that in front of megan. megan is so sensitive. >> but i can't admit it. so is it inevitable that parents have a favorite? what do you think? >> it seems to be a thing. yes. that does seem to be something that happens quite a lot. as you said. parents don't like to admit it. but you know, sometimes parents just gravitate to one child over another. they may see some similarities in themselves, they may share similar interests and find themselves spending more time together, so these things do happen and they do come at a cost. >> how do you know if you are the favorite in the family? in case i need to test this out on the holiday. >> in case you need to test this out, yeah. well, it's hard, because this is something that families don't talk about a lot. and as you pointed out, sometimes people aren't really

reflective, they may not even realize that they're behaving in some ways that may lead kids to feel that they are a favorite. and the signs can be subtle. you know, as a child walks into the room, and the parent's face just lights up, and it doesn't quite happen so much with other children in the family, there's a sign that something may be going on there. and to parent to that golden child, but it is also apparent to their siblings as well and it can lead to negative effects. >> let's talk about some of those effects. how does being the favorite affect a child's perm and social development and if you're not the favorite what is the effect of that? >> yeah, well, you know, it's a nice position to be in, golden kids kind of like being that favored position and it does seem to be linked to some positive outcomes for them. they seem to feel better about themselves, have a better sense of self-esteem, there's fewer

symptoms of depression or anxiety, and all of those things can be quite positive for them. but at the same time, many of those favored children feel this isn't quite right. they may feel guilty about their preferred status in the family. and they may feel kind of upset at their parents, for having or acting upon their favorites. for those kids that are not favored, boy, that can have some negative outcomes for them as well. as it is leading to higher symptoms of depression and anxiety, and they're trying to figure out what happened, what's wrong with them, why are they not as favored as their brother or sister in the family, and that can be really tough, and kids are always looking to see how they're being treated relative to their siblings, and there's some things that they're looking for, they want to be treated fairly, they don't expect to be always treated the same, but they do expect parents to treat them fairly, and if one child is typically the recipient

of a lot more affection, or attention, or positive stuff, kids don't see that as fair and it can be damaging to their relationships, with their siblings and with their parents and how they feel about themselves. >> that is such a good point, and i think that answers the last question, what can parents do, and it is like, it could be differt in your relationen sh okay, again, this is a status bar. this is a search bar. let's know the difference, okay? social media, it can be overwhelming for a young homeowner turning into their parents. what does it mean to slide into someone's dms? -mm. -it sounds like a lot of fun. okay, we're not ready for that. as a team, we'll get there. it might be a fruit emoji, but that doesn't mean they're talking about fruit. -oh. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto with us. do you really think we need 47 photos of fun dinner at pam's? -yes. -no. ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ ♪ non-drowsy claritin knocks out symptoms from over 200 allergens.

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