Who is your favorite kid? favoritism?

@pehpot (4762)
Philippines
September 1, 2008 10:20pm CST
I have three adorable kids! but I have my favorite!my first born is my favorite. my favorite big brother (kuya in my native tongue) my second born is our favorite second baby (or in our native we call it DIKO) my youngest is our favorite baby. I know this sounds weird but sometimes I can't help say that the one is my favorite so we devised this so all kids is the favorite, just different title. and the kids like it that way, no jealousy in them.
4 responses
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
Favoritism - If you have a twins who are almost alike in features and ways. How will you choose your favorite? In my case, it is so difficult to choose because aside from their equally handsome features with big similarities they are also equally charismatic in their own way. They have their own charm unique from each other but you will find it hard to choose which one excels the other.
Oh my dear pehpot! I can't play favorite because I only have one child. He is my best child, my handsomest, most loved and most favorite. I don't have a choice, do I? It's good that you have three and you can give them different titles that will make them secure and not jealous of each other. That's so witty of you! Very good my dear! I wish to share as well that aside from my son I now have 2 twins that frequent my home. They are the children of my eldest niece and I am so in love with them and my son and hubby are also very fond of these cute twins. They will turn 3 years old this coming Ocotber. They are twins and look almost alike as what others would say. But to us who are always with them we know how to differentiate one from the other. They are both lovable and really I cand't play favorite either as I also loved them both equally.. same level... same degre! The eldest one Andrew is the handsomest, and the younger one Andrei is the most charming!
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
Oh mommy it is hard sometimes to have many kids. when my two toddlers were still babies, my siblings teased me that my favorite is my first born. It is not the case of course. The thing then is my first born is a very demanding baby and cries a lot while my second born was self sufficient, so it is always the first born who I give attention to. And they say it in front of the kids that the favorite one is my first born. I don't want to deny it because it may cause my first born to think that I am actually denying it, that is how the title came from. Whenever my siblings would tease about favoritism I just told them, of course, my first born is my favorite kuya while Mico is my favorite second born.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
Oh the twins are so adorable!
@Anne18 (11029)
2 Sep 08
I could never have a favorite child. I have four children and I love them all the same and if I had to give one away I would give them all away, I couldn't never have a favorite child. I feel sad for your other children.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
why do you feel sad for my kids? I love them all! They are all my favorite. I just give them title, the first born is my favorite big brother, the second is y favorite second child and the youngest is my favorite youngest baby. I devised this title so as not to entertain siblings rivalry between them when people tease that the other one is my favorite.
• United States
2 Sep 08
how could you have a favorite kid? you should love them all equally no matter how bad they are being at that time, you don't like the other one more. that's disgusting. and that's why alot of the kids in this world are screwed up, and have jealousy/abandonment/hateful feelings towards there other siblings. my parents treated all my brothers better then me (i'm the only daughter) they treated me like crap. they got whatever they wanted, did what they wanted, and i was never allowed to do anything. my kids are treated equal even though one is much older, if one gets toys,new clothes, etc... so does the other one. and if they'd ask me "who's my favorite" i'd tell them the truth they both are and i love them equally.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
I know that favoritism leads to siblings rivalry that is why they are all my favorite! I have a favorite first born , favorite second born and favorite youngest!
@marisriel (1156)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
sometimes i tend to be more affectionate to my 2nd daughter because I think she is more sweet being the younger child. but sometimes I also adore more on my 1st child because I see myself in her. It just depends on the mood but when I think of taking away one of them, my heart just breaks just the same with the other one.
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@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
I lie your term, affectionate. sometimes too I am more affectionate to the other, but I know it does not mean I love him more. Most people thinks that me and hubby has favorite before I gave birth to my third baby.. specially me because they say my second born looks like me and acts like me. see our picture, the one near my face is my second child.