There Actually Is A “Favorite” Kid

No one admits it. Everyone seems to deny it. Yet, we all have one. The favorite kid. Whether you have one or going on 10 like we do, there’s a favorite. Sure, we flat out lie to them and say we don’t have a favorite, but if I’m going to mom-up and shave the side of my head, the least I can do is be honest: Yes…I tend to favor a kid here and there and I don’t even feel bad about it. Why, do you?

Okay, let’s get Webster for a moment… according to Merriam, she says that one of the definitions of favorite is: noun: a person or thing that is especially popular or particularly well liked by someone.  This matches perfectly with my favorite kid. I like them. They are popular to me. I mean, every day I get to call their name, be around them, and even swoon a little bit as if I was spending the day with Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift! This is a neat little kid I got!

Let’s sit and ponder this for a moment. I’ve got 9 distinct personalities manifesting themselves every single day in my home. Do you really believe my favorite stays constant?!? Oh h*ll no! 

There Actually Is A &Quot;Favorite&Quot; Kid 1 Daily Mom, Magazine For FamiliesThey’ll turn on you as quick as the 2-year-old will pull off a diaper and squeal away in a free, chunky-butt-waddle run across the kitchen.

I could have a favorite for the two hours we sit and just mesh well together. However, later that evening, another may roll in and “over-mesh” their connection with me and guess what…

A new “favorite”.

Having a favorite is all about recognizing, appreciating, and taking notice of each person’s unique attitude, personality, humor (or lack thereof), and their character traits. There are honest times that I just don’t like to spend my whole day with a particular child. Our personalities clash and I’m okay with that. They’re not my “favorite”.

I can be content and a loving parent without bending over backward trying to force an awkward relationship with someone I normally wouldn’t naturally gravitate towards…even if it’s my own kid.

Love isn’t the issue.

Just because you carried a human being in your womb for 9+ months doesn’t automatically mean you’re destined to be besties for the rest of your lives. My ‘favorite’ may change from day to day but I tend to relate really well with 1-3 kids better than I relate to the others. That’s just fact (for me anyway). It’s not leaving anyone out, treating them differently, or loving them any less.

So yeah, I have a favorite 13-year-old (and no, I don’t have twins) that year. I may have a ‘favorite’ daughter out of the current four I have. I may have two favorite sons out of the 5 I have. I have favorite personalities I like to be around more than others.

There Actually Is A &Quot;Favorite&Quot; Kid 2 Daily Mom, Magazine For FamiliesThe dictionary may have its own definition of “favorite” that is closely related to how I feel about a certain child/individual, but all in all, truth be told, I do have a couple favorite kids.

We just “mesh” well together with our personalities, likes and dislikes, and connections on a deeper level. We have popular interests and our similarities are well-liked by the both of us. So yeah, I have a favorite kid(s), moment to moment – some longer than others!

There Actually Is A &Quot;Favorite&Quot; Kid 3 Daily Mom, Magazine For Families


Now you have more than one, here’s how you begin Nurturing A Bond Between Siblings.

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Andi LaBrune
Andi LaBrunehttps://www.instagram.com/theskinnymommy
She's a country girl at heart with her hubby and 11 kids in central Virginia. She raises a small homestead of chickens & ducks with her family. If she's not hatching eggs, waiting for those adorable chicks to emerge, or tearing up the kitchen with yet another scrumptious, mouth-watering meal from her grass-fed roots, or she's sweating her sass off teaching Zumba Fitness classes. You can catch up with her and all her wild, yet introverted shenanigans over at The Skinny Mommy.

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