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Do you secretly prefer one of your children over the others?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 470990" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I love all my kids the same. Although I'll say katie has been majorly testing it.</p><p></p><p>But that has nothing to do with closeness, and that closeness has nothing to do with favoritism either. </p><p></p><p>What I mean to say is, each child will have their own distinct personalities and interests. If those "click" with yours, you're going to find that spending time with them ect is easier......just as you would with another person for the same reason. It doesn't mean you favor them, just means you have more in common with them. </p><p></p><p>Like Nichole and I are very alike, I mean.....very alike. Now most of the time that usually drives a parent and child nuts. But not us. (I'm not counting when she was a teen and it annoyed her lol ) </p><p></p><p>easy child and I are very close too, but in different ways. </p><p></p><p>And Travis being autistic.......well, even we have interests in common although he's not quite as social as his sisters. </p><p></p><p>Katie? Well, in all these years I've not found one thing in common with her yet.......and not for lack of trying either. Normally she's not open and social which just makes it all the harder to spend time with her. So, as a result, I don't spend much time with her. Having to literally attempt to drag a conversation out of her gets exhausting after a while and tedious. Then when I do, I wish I didn't because it's one long drawn out whine that to me is like someone dragging their nails down a chalkboard. I have issues with whining in young kids, in adults I find it intolerable. So that doesn't help either.</p><p></p><p>So I don't think it's having a favorite per se, not that some parents don't because they do.......I think it's more of how much you have in common with the child and whether or not the child puts any effort into the relationship as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 470990, member: 84"] I love all my kids the same. Although I'll say katie has been majorly testing it. But that has nothing to do with closeness, and that closeness has nothing to do with favoritism either. What I mean to say is, each child will have their own distinct personalities and interests. If those "click" with yours, you're going to find that spending time with them ect is easier......just as you would with another person for the same reason. It doesn't mean you favor them, just means you have more in common with them. Like Nichole and I are very alike, I mean.....very alike. Now most of the time that usually drives a parent and child nuts. But not us. (I'm not counting when she was a teen and it annoyed her lol ) easy child and I are very close too, but in different ways. And Travis being autistic.......well, even we have interests in common although he's not quite as social as his sisters. Katie? Well, in all these years I've not found one thing in common with her yet.......and not for lack of trying either. Normally she's not open and social which just makes it all the harder to spend time with her. So, as a result, I don't spend much time with her. Having to literally attempt to drag a conversation out of her gets exhausting after a while and tedious. Then when I do, I wish I didn't because it's one long drawn out whine that to me is like someone dragging their nails down a chalkboard. I have issues with whining in young kids, in adults I find it intolerable. So that doesn't help either. So I don't think it's having a favorite per se, not that some parents don't because they do.......I think it's more of how much you have in common with the child and whether or not the child puts any effort into the relationship as well. [/QUOTE]
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