Family Romance by Sigmund Freud discussed the importance of the “liberation of an individual” and by that he means the claiming of ones individuality from his parents. Freud says that the claiming of ones independence is one of the most important steps in their development. He discusses how children, at first look up to their parents as the end all be all, the ultimate role models of who they should be. But as they grow older they begin to compare their parents to the parents of their friends and other family members and begin to find flaw in their parents and no longer see them as the supreme role models they once did. In addition as kids begin to compete for their parents attention they feel “slighted” and hurt that they aren’t getting their full attention. As the conflict continues to brew the longing for individuality becomes even more central as the child attempts to break out of his/her parents grip. In truth, according to Freud this conflict is even more present in boys than girls, which makes sense given the presence of sexuality in the respective parental relationships. In practice Freud seems to be correct in his approach as it is often the case that children think the world of their parents but eventually they begin to develop their own opinion and in many ways grow apart. Freud concludes that this growing up actually makes the child replace his once idolized father or mother with an idealized version that has no flaws whatsoever. So in that, instead of the child growing far from their parents they actually form an idealized version of them and grow closer to them. Hence the conflict verses independence struggle that the child undergoes.