Do you have favourites among your children ?

I know that favouritism happens within families with more than one child, I have known people that have said their siblings were preferred over them. What I do not understand is how that can happen, I mean I know that all children are different in their ways and everything and some can be little horrors but how can any parent make it so obvious to their other children that one is preferred over the other. I have four children, and with each pregnancy I used to worry "would I have enough love for them all, what would happen if I liked one more than the other?" But with each child came the same love I had for the previous child, I love all my children the same, I could not imagine loving one more than the other I could not imagine liking one more than the other. If I thought my kids thought that I as a parent preferred one of them more than the other I would be horrified, because it would be such a horrible feeling for them to have to live with.

i have lived through this all my life my father had his favoite and my mother had her favorite to me my parents did not think much of me,when i was younger i felt i could never live up to my parents expectation so i gave up and moved out their house.my mom treated the boys better then she did the girls i really felt no love from my mom are father i learned to lie with it ans as i got older i just learn to forgive and move on i realize i had nothing to prove to my parents but i had something to prove to myself that i was worthy enough to a live and kicking.

I am no parent. But it is somewhat there in most families I believe. in childhood I have seen my brother was my mother's favorite. its because of gender biasing in the society.it really makes strain in families

I don't have kids, first of all, so I speak from kind of an objective viewpoint; but as with people of all ages, some people, we like better than others. This holds true for children. We connect with people on different levels, and though your kids are kind of on the same level because they are born from you, they are still different people with whole separate attributes that could cause parents to favor one over the other. The key thing is: Don't admit it! Treat them the same as much as you can and try to recognize if you DO catch yourself showing favoritism and do something else ;D otherwise, the "favorite" will never quit getting teased about it from the siblings for all their lives, when they never did anything to ask to be favored

I thought there was really favoritism from parents to their siblings when I was still single.My mother used to always favor my other sisters or brother.It is only now I realize that there is no such a thing as favoritism amongst children.People is not really the same we tend to help those we think is in need of help.And we think of this as neglect if we are not helped or given attention.We love our children equally.We can prove this when we become parents too.

i only have so i dont play favoritism. But if i had more then one that would be no cuz u have to show equal love to each of them no matter if he or she is ur first or the baby in the family. Now a tiny needs extra attention and nurturing but just make u spend time with others too.