Been thinking a bit about favourites, specifically those relating to the parent-child relationship. Parents get a pretty hard deal having to always confirm that “I don’t have any favourites, I love you all equally”.

Why shouldn’t they have favourites is my question? I mean we all have favourites regarding almost anything and everything, right? A favourite cat, a favourite music genre, a favourite food, a favourite colleague, a favourite friend and definitely a favourite extended family member….so why not a favourite kid?

Why do we assume or even expect that the laws of society and human dynamics don’t apply when we talk about kids and their relationships to their parents?

I am not saying that it makes being the less favourite any easier. All I am saying is that it is what it is and it is what makes us human, we have a tendency to like and dislike.

Anyways, my brain fart for the day :)

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