I agree with Freud when he states a small child’s goal is to be like his father or her mother (base on children’s sex) because a small child spend the most of time with their parents. When I was young, I believed my mom was the most wonderful woman in the world, and I want to be a woman exactly like my mom. In addition, I strongly agree with Freud that as children grow up, and intellectual increase, children start to doubt the authority of their parents and begin to criticize their parents. Especially during adolescence, children inclined to act hostile to attract their parents’ attention when they feel they have been slighted or they do not feel strong love from their parents. For example, my brother is fifteen years old. When my parents praise me, and point out my brother’s mistakes, he always gets mad and acts even more wrongful to prove he is right or to show his “existence value”. I believe my brother feels he has been slighted, and he feels he does not receive love from my parents or he should share parents with me.  Moreover, my brother believes he can be independent and want to overcome my parents’ authority.

However, I do not agree with Freud when he explain about day-dreams. Not everybody day-dreams about their further; not everybody day-dreams to be in higher social standing; not everybody day-dreams to replace their parents. I do believe that comparison raise the child’s envy, so children might complain about their birth, but phantasy do not change anything in their lives. I complained about my parents because of their low income and low education, so I have to work much harder than rich children. However, I also understand  if I want to improve my life, I have to get higher education and work harder. we can never change our birth. We can never replace our parents.