Do you have a favorite child if you are a parent?

As a child did you feel that your parents had a favorite out of you and your siblings?

This is another topic I took from the radio.

Yeah favoritism is the word when it came to my mother and her son, my brother.

It's only normal . . . .
My brotha is my mum's favourite!!
Probably becux he's still a kid and needs all the attention.
I don't let it get to me becux I enjoyed it alone for more than 18 years.
Na turn by turn

NOPE!!

You should love your kids the same!!

im no parent but i dont think its right to have a favourite child, because the parent tends to expect to much from that child playing favouritism to that child and shunning others, that in the long run that child might not meet up to their expectations and they tend to focus attention on the other kids.

its better to love all equally as this is the case in my family (equal rights and attention to all)

Its so possible though its not good but i think its kind of inevitable  either cos of circumstances surrounding the birth of a particular child or stuffs like that.Even in the bible times,Esau and Jacob are a perfect example, Jesus had favorites amongst the twelve too.
I pray i love all my kids equally.

parents can deny it all they want, but all do have favorites

Sure. It is a human nature. You can not love 2 or more persons equally. Qualities like Character, attitude, physical appearance, obedience, intelligence, hardworking etc, could make the difference between children. Definately you will have a soft spot for the child that exhibit better qualities. But you should be very tactful on how you show your favouritism else you may ruin the psyche of the other child/children.

sure it is

A mother once confessed that her last child is her fave because she suffered for her labor more than for other siblings. she had her through ceasarian but before her, the first son was the fave. however, she doenst show it to other children

I don't support favouritism, but i was my parent's favourite for a long time till I started showing my true colours. lol

It is possoble but it is not good. Its better to love them all equally.

favoritism isn’t static in a family
Its depends on who is the flavor of the month

Is it possible??

Yes it is. . .but its advisable to be a little discrete about it oo, to avoid sibling rivalry at least!!

TOYOSI20:

its advisable to be a little discrete about it oo, to avoid sibling rivalry at least!!

well said

jamace:

Sure. It is a human nature. You can not love 2 or more persons equally. Qualities like Character, attitude, physical appearance, obedience, intelligence, hardworking etc, could make the difference between children. Definately you will have a soft spot for the child that exhibit better qualities. But you should be very tactful on how you show your favouritism else you may ruin the psyche of the other child/children.

very correct, Imagin u ve two children, one does obey and does things rightly, and the other does not, instead gives u problem and make u ve too much stress, do u think u will ve equal look on the both? No no no, but in the case when both child are nice there is absulutely no need to favorite one from the other. That na me ooo.

Well, we're four and my mum makes each of us feel we're her fav. Sometimes I think my sis. is her fav cos she's the first child, other times it's my bro cos he's the first boy (heir), then I almost always think it's me (My parents really love me, I'm their baby) , we all think it's my younger bro cos he's the last child, There it goes for my mum.
However, for my dad, it's a different ball game, he's not very loving but he never tries to hide the fact that he loves me the most, it's an open secret, and my siblings don't care (dem no send at all) . It wud have been an issue if it were my mum that openly revealed any of us as her fav. cos she's got so much love to give and we love her even in death .