Yes it's sad when this happens. I have six children and have always maintained that love is multiplied - not divided. The love I have for my children is all the same, despite their different personalities. My own mother would treat us so equally that she even kept a little book in which she wrote down which treats she had bought for whom (this went on to include her grandchildren) so that no-one felt left out!!
2007-09-13 22:23:02
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answered by Anonymous
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Regardless of whether you're related to someone, people are still people. They have personalities, they might clash with yours, they might not. My dad and I didn't talk because we didn't like each other (not an issue any more, he's dead) and people often said "He's your dad, you have to be friends" and no you don't. People still need to earn your trust/love/respect no matter what.
As for favourite children, it depends how old they are. As babies it's hard to have a favourite, but it will tend towards the asiest child to care for. As under 12s it will be the one who is most obedient or most like your "ideal". As a teenager, again it's linked to ease of care, or at least, if they aren't out doing drugs and being reckless you're more likely to get on with them. After that it's all about personality, personal success and personal growth.
Other factors come into play, for example, if one child has special needs, they will seem to be the favourite as they need most care. The famous "middle child syndrome" is another example of favouritism being forced through situation.
And of course, you must remember the occasional parent who has serious mental health issues and will pysically, sexually or verbally abuse a child.
But overall, it is never fair to have a favourite child. If children are brought up inequally, they will live inequally, and that is not a good start. By the same merit, all children are different and will need different care and support through their lives, so a balance must be struck between the two extremes.
2007-09-14 05:26:16
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answered by electriclove18 2
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Yes, and it's not a good thing either favortism among children. My parents due to extenuating circumstances treated my brother better than I. It upset me, but made me want to go to college and grow up that much faster. So I did I went to college, then married my husband, and we have a son together and live like an hour and a half from my parents. My brother dropped out of school, eventually got his ged, had a child out of wedlock that my parents are raising now, and he lives at him still with my parents he's 25 years old and works at Dairy Queen so this was a failure to launch idea so in a way I'm glad my parents didn't favor me, I probably would of ended up just as bad.
2007-09-14 08:44:19
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answered by crymeariver 5
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People say they don't have a favorite child. But what if one child is a behavioral problem since he was a toddler, performs poorly in school, drops out in the 7th grade, gets in trouble and gets sentenced to life in prison for a horrible crime and the other child made staright As since kindergarten, earns a full scholarship to a prestigious University and becomes the CEO of a million dollar business?
2007-09-14 09:20:22
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answered by Big Blue 5
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Children are a threat always make them eat lots of cheese and watch japanese animation this will make them better fodder for the apocalypse... DEUS EX MACHINA!!!
2007-09-14 09:18:43
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answered by clowndestroyer 1
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