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Most Parents Have A Favorite Child.
Is that true? I don't know. I looked if there was a debate on this already but found none.
 Stranger  09 Jun 2008 20:11
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Especially if they only have one child.
 
 Specter87  29 Dec 2008 21:25
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Most parents do have a favorite, but that doesn't mean that the others are loved any less. Love has nothing to do with having a favorite. Having a favorite simply means that the parents have a belief that the favored child is guaranteed to succeed. Not always the case, but that is pretty much it.
 
 athling  25 Aug 2008 18:05
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I actually agree.....my parents say they love us all but i know they love one more..my older sister
 
 hb_26  29 Jul 2008 18:58
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True. I'm the middle child and the only girl.. My mum favours my oldest brother tho she would never admit it she knows it true :P and the rest of the time my little brother takes up a lot of time and attention... Though it doesn't really bother me as much as it used to... It still winds me up coz my older brother knows hes the favourite.... But never mind :P
 
 Louisee--x  09 Jul 2008 13:00
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I guess so, but i know that most parents love their children equally.
 
 Mega_Bowl  01 Jul 2008 19:20
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Yah i assume that every parent has a favorite that they LIKE better. But i do believe that in the end they LOVE all their children just the same.
 
 Zman676  24 Jun 2008 01:08
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Love is complicated thing, it’s not similar to like or dislike...
With the fact that I agree about this topic, I also probably agree with charlee about loving each the same but differently.
And if parents ignore one of their children, doesn’t mean they don’t love him.
Sometimes it happens that some children share the same interests with their parents, which means they will spend more time with them, and they may possibly create kind of friendship relation that other jealous children in the family call (favorite child)
Believe Me I am Child :-)
 
 child  14 Jun 2008 21:27
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 I've seen that relationship you speak of.
I have only two siblings.
My older sister said that she is left out because I have a close relationship with my mother and my little sister has a close relationship with my father. The truth is that my older sister has a close relationship (though differently) with both parents. Freud would say something about that.

Thanks for voting, stranger...
by  Stranger
 16 Jun 2008 15:04
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This matters entirely on the parents now doesn't it. No humans are mentally the same so two might think its wrong to have favorites and never do and another two might have the oldest or youngest as favorites.
 
 Smito  12 Jun 2008 23:09
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Yes that is true cause me and my cousin are the least favorite kids
 
 emokid832  12 Jun 2008 23:03
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Most parents may favor one child but they should be smart enough not to show their preference.
 
 Garamond  10 Jun 2008 03:31
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It is very much true. That is just the way it is in most families.
 
 moreno  09 Jun 2008 20:44
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 Not really and if it is i feel bad for them.
by  tay0921
 10 Jun 2008 22:20
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I have 3 children and I don't have a favorite.... I like to shop w/ my daughter more, I like to play games w/ my son more, I have my favorite things to do w/ each, but none of them are my "favorite"
 
 hodver  29 Dec 2008 21:22
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 Some parents have more "favorite things" with one child in particular.
by  Specter87
 29 Dec 2008 21:23
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Stranger, these are two great topics, this one and the one about bias.

I have three daughters, well actually, my wife and I have have three great daughters. Of course, I think they are the three greatest females to walk the planet (non-family members have told me this is true, as well :-) ))

They are truly different personalities, and my involvement with each has been very different in many ways, but I also have changed through time as their father. However, to say I have a favorite is untrue. I love each the same and differently. Sometimes I have been much more involved in one more than the others, based on each daughter's needs at the time.
 
 charlee  10 Jun 2008 01:55
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 I agree.
by  tay0921
 10 Jun 2008 22:19
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I don't think that's true. I think parents love their children equally. At least they try to.
 
 mastermov  10 Jun 2008 01:30
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I say no if you want to have a fav child then only have 1 if you have 2 and have a fav child then its not fair to the other one and it will be obvious and if its like that i would feel bad for the other child
 
 tay0921  09 Jun 2008 21:27
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