The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it's the most sensitive. It's not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite - and typically they don't.
I was my mother's favorite, and she'd help me with everything.
You try not to have a favorite when you have sons or kids. Can't have a favorite. Can't let them know know if you do. I don't. I treat my main son and the other two exactly the same way.
I don't have children, but I imagine if parents are really pushed on the subject, they probably have favorite children.
I was my mother's favorite, but my - 'cause she worried about me the most.
I am often asked which picture is my favorite. This is like asking a mother which child she likes the most.
There aren't a lot of ironclad rules of family life, but here's one: No matter how much your parents deny it - and here's betting they deny it a lot - they have a favorite child. And if you're a parent, so do you.
My dad was abusive. And so he would say, 'You're my favorite.' Being a favorite of an abusive parent is not really a good thing, necessarily.
I always joke that they're all like my children, so I love them all, but I would be lying if I didn't admit that 'Wonder Woman' has an affinity for me.
Each of his son's had been his favorite child.
My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these two favorite children was me. And I am an only child. So I was convinced that I was the center of the universe.
You can't have a favourite meal, like you can't have a favourite movie or a favourite book or a favourite child.
