According to Otto Rank's concept of the ____________________, a child is dissatisfied with its parents and wants to get rid of them.

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Otto Rank introduced the concept of the "family romance," which describes a psychological phenomenon where a child fantasizes about being the offspring of more glamorous parents, often as a form of escapism from their mundane or unsatisfactory family life. This concept differs from the Oedipus complex, which involves a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

According to Otto Rank's Concept of the ____________________, a Child