According to Freud's psychosexual theory, children develop strong sexual attachments to the same-sex parent during the phallic stage.

Psychosexual Theory

Sigmund Freud's theory that human personality development occurs in five psychosexual stages from infancy to adulthood, each focusing on a different erogenous zone.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory occurring between ages three and six, where children's pleasure centers on the genital area and they develop attachments to the parent of the opposite sex.