Does every parent have a favorite kid?

[Buzz Rules]

Does every parent have a favorite kid? Or is that just a myth?

 

[VandVsmama]

In our family, we don't have a favorite kid. We really do love them both the same.

 

[TCRAIG]

We used to joke (and still do) - that one of my brothers was mom’s favorite- we call him Sonny Precious…my dad used to say he and mom has 7 only children…

 

[Pink Partridge]

I have one child that has never given me a problem. Like literally never talked back, never rolled his eyes, always does the right thing. If I had to pick a favorite, um, well. Let's just say he's my favorite when I am having a bad day and he unloads the dishwasher and gets the coffee maker ready for the next day without being asked.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Not yet, but they’re both still young. There’s still time.

 

[prairie_girl]

My daughter is an only child so, she my favourite.

I’m the oldest of four and if my parents had a favourite, they never showed it.

Now, I think we’re all their favourite for different reasons.

 

[ronandannette]

Not yet, but they’re both still young. There’s still time.

I've got a favourite. Of course he's also my least favourite, so...

 

[ronandannette]

My daughter is an only child so, she my favourite.

I’m the oldest of four and if my parents had a favourite, they never showed it.

Now, I think we’re all their favourite for different reasons.

My sister thought I was the favourite, I thought our oldest brother was the favourite, he thought our sister was the favourite but in fact everybody's favourite was actually our special-needs middle brother.

 

[Ellie008]

I don't have a favorite. My parents didn't when we were kids, but I think they might now. It doesn't make much difference at this point though.

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

My favorite is whoever is giving me the least trouble in the moment!

 

[overdisney]

Three boys and their all unique no favorites

 

[Disneyfan754321]

This is a conversation that came up recently in our home.
As we told our "good" son we dont have a favorite, but some of your brothers need us more. That doesnt mean we are favoring him.

Our middle kid is really good his younger brother on the other hand .... let's just say if he had been born first , he would be an only child..
His older brothers are not at home anymore one of them being a cancer survivor.

 

[slo]

I have one child that has never given me a problem. Like literally never talked back, never rolled his eyes, always does the right thing. If I had to pick a favorite, um, well. Let's just say he's my favorite when I am having a bad day and he unloads the dishwasher and gets the coffee maker ready for the next day without being asked.

Same here

I love both my girls equally, but my DD18 has always been my easy child.

 

[design_mom]

There is no consistent favorite. I love them both. The one I "like more" changes depending on what's going on, I think.

 

[LovesTimone]

I have only one child DD, so she is the favorite for sure... and she has only one child DGS...and he is the favorite above everyone LOL ...
Grandkids are the best!!!

I think that Grandparents have favorites for sure, between their grand-kids... I was my grandparents on my mom side favorite for sure... no doubt about it... When I look back now, it was blatant how my granny treated me to the other grands not that she did not love them or do for them, it was just her and I shared a very special bond, and we did until the day she passed away... I miss her so much everyday, she has been gone to heaven for 5 years, and there is not a day that I don't think about her or miss her... She taught me so much about life, and set a wonder example for all of us to follow...

For my parents, I think between my brother and I when we were kids, they treated us the same, loved us the same and such...
Now that we are much older, I am my parents POA for both of them - health and financial matters, and they lean on me, and I do everything that I can to help them. My brother not so much, he has his own problems, issues and drama... and honestly all that is just to much for my parents to have to deal with at this point in their life...
My brother and I had a falling out several years ago and we did not speak to each other for about 6 years, he was mad at me or his wife was mad about something she perceived that I had said, or done, or took a breath the wrong way toward them... Honestly I could have cared less about it, and still I don't give a fig about her and her drama ... Right now my brother and I are speaking to each other, pretty much only things that pertain to our parents. I'm glad that we are talking to each other, and there's not this stiffness to our conversations.
According to him I'm my parents favorite... LOL

 

[AppleDumpling]

I imagine some do, though I don’t think they’d admit it.

I haven’t experienced it in my family. I have five siblings and honestly don’t feel like my parents favored any of us. We were loved and treated equally. I will say that over time, my mom and dad’s parenting style evolved, and as one of the younger ones, I got the benefit of the lessons they learned with my older siblings. I have one son, which makes it easy. He is most definitely my favorite.

 

[Christine]

I don't have a favorite. At any given time, on any given day, or through any particular stage of growing up, I had a child that I enjoyed being around more on that day. Sometimes my DD was a long-term brat and my son was a joy and vice versa. If someone forced me to pick one over the other, I literally could not do it.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I love my 2 adult children equally and unconditionally.
Were they both easy peasy to raise? Heck no, each came with their own aggravations!!

 

[PollyannaMom]

I think it's natural for parents to "click" more with one child than another. (In my family, I was Dad's "mini me" and my brother was Mom's. - But it didn't mean they loved either of us more, just that we had different things in common.)

I also agree with what people said above about phases. Even with an only, there were times when DS and I were closer or butted heads more. I expect as those phases ebb and flow in larger families, the "favorites"
change.

 

[mjkacmom]

I don’t know about favorites, although anyone who knows our family says that dd20 (middle if 5), has to be the favorite, since she’s pretty perfect. I can honestly say she’s never given us any reason to be even remotely disappointed with her. I also have one who is completely opposite of her in every single way. Do I love them equally, yes, do I like them equally, no.