do you have a favourite child?

[mayzie82]

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[Lastcenturymum]

Depends on the day of the week/stage of development etc!

I think you would get lots of answers and we KNOW we shouldn't have favs, but deep down I think we do at times. I guess the thing is not to convey it.

Don't have secrets or show favouritism.

I found (and a lot of other women would probably back me up) That I kinda connect more with my son. Its a mother/son thing and dads seem to with their daughters in a different way. Son is my 'baby' too, so that may have something to do with it.

Was always very proud of the eldest, she was compliment, capable and a high achiever. Next one gave me grief and heartache for years, but now we are over the worst of it, probably am closest to her as we are very similar and she has the best sens of humour. She just cracks me up.

I guess another thing (referring to what you said from your childhood) is that some children have to be treated differently. If I had tried to apply the same rules etc to our second it would have been a disaster. You need to be flexible, though kids don't always see it that way. Each one is an individual with their individual traits, so gotta treat them as individuals. That doesn't mean letting them get away with stuff when I say 'rules' but hard to explain.