Four-year-old Larry squeezes between his Mommy and Daddy as they sit together on the couch. He cuddles with Mommy and pushes Daddy away. This illustrates which Freudian concept?

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The scenario of a child pushing away one parent to be closer to the other is a classic example of the Oedipus complex, which is the psychoanalytic concept developed by Freud to describe a young child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent and hostility towards the same-sex parent.

Four-Year-Old Larry Squeezes Between His Mommy and Daddy as They