In the news, favorites, among your children......

I'm a twin and i am a sister ,my mother treat us with the same .

Oh yes I was the not favorite child and it was a horrible feeling. I still hate that feeling now too. But now I got two kids of my own and i do my best not to have a favorite but it is harder when one of them is a child with special needs and the other one is just an averge teenager with hormones issues.

Alot of ppl think my Nephew is my favorite...and we do have a very close bond. I love my Niece very much but we aren't as close. I don't know why it's like that but I do try to take time with both of them. I don't think ppl necessarily have a favorite child but they may feel more bonded with certain ones. I'm not a parent so I've never had to deal with this first hand. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]

There has never been a "favorite child" in my family, until now. I swear the whole family, except me of course, treats my daughter a lot better than her older brother. I live with my grandmother, and what I say for my son goes, but she always has to butt in when it comes to my four year old daughter. If I tell her to go to bed, my grandmother says its too early or she's not sleepy yet. If I tell her she can't have any sweets, my grandma either gives it to her outright, or my granddad sneaks it to her (he's so non-confrontational!) I tell them that she hasn't been good enough for a treat, they tell me that she would never get any treats if it were left up to me. Tried telling them that she will never be good if she knows she will get her way all of the time. She says that she isn't old enough to understand that. She's going to have a major culture shock when we do move out, because its not going to happen that way in my house. I know her brother feels bad, because he doesn't get treated the same way, but I don't know how to rectify that feeling, because I don't treat them any different, and I can't control how her grandparents do her.

Well I have three grown children, two girls and one boy. They used to always say that I favored one over the other or would ask me who was my favorite. To me they each are my favorite in their own way. My oldest because she is my first born, the second because he is my only son and my youngest because she is the baby of the family. As grown children they each have their own special place in my heart for their own special things they do or have done. Right now I find this hard to write as my oldest has disowned the family so we have not seen her or the grandkids for quite some time now but she still has that place in my heart just for her.

My sister was the favourite among us as a child,as a consequence now,she has no problems playing favourites with her kids.She always says that she treats her kids the sam but she doesn't. All but one of the people i know that have more than one child clearly have a favourite. It upsets me to see a child being left out and treated differently. You really do wonder why your parents dont love you as much as the other kid/s

Well I have 7 kids and you might say 8 as we are raising our grandbabies and on any given day any of them might be the favorite. J/K No really I love them all but there is different things and ways I look at each one. Their is certain ones I do certain things with and others that I do other things with. Different interests ect., Each had their own personality, likes and dislikes, and their isnt a certain one that I would say is a fav. They all hold a special place in my heart.

I do have a favorite. But not in that way. Each of my kids is a unique individual and brings their own new twist to our family. Each is my favorite in their own way for their individual traits. Comparing children isn't like comparing fruit. You can pick one fruit above the rest as a favorite even if you "really like" the others also. With children it's more like comparing foods as a whole...favorite snack, favorite dessert, favorite drink, favorite meat, favorite veggie....

I love my children equally but differently. I know if I want to go do something outdoors my son is the person to do it with. I know if I want to go to the mall, or the movies that is something I do with my daughter. Some parents do have a favorite and it is obvious to other people. My mothers favorite was my brother and my fathers favorite was my sister....but I was my grandmas favorite!

Parents are only h u m a n. I was not a favorite child. My parents had favorite children. Although they refused to admit that they have favorite children their actions shouts it to the whole world. It took me quite a long time to forgive them with proper setting and mindset. Knowing that I was not a favorite child doesn't hurt me anymore but it lessened my love for my parents. I don't miss them the way I used to miss them.