Loving your children on equal footing... is it true?

You must be a very ideal elder sister. Keep it up. You will be a good mother too, i'm pretty sure on that.

Good response, skittles46 dear. I just wish all parents think like you. It just upsets me sometimes to hear some of my friends who compare their children infront of them poor kids. This could trigger sibling rivalry.

I chave chosen your response here to be the best so far. Do continue being a good mother. Hats-off to you dear :)

We all think so...I believe. Good luck to you my friend that in exercising your duty and obligation as a parent you wil also be guided with wisdom, and in so doing, you will also be teaching your children how to be like you.

That's exactly how we want our children to understand. Thank you dear :)

My fiance was an unemployed, full-time student. They had taken almost all of the student loan that they had forced him to get and had promised him that the money they took counted towards "rent until the end of the year". That was in January. In April, his brother told his parents that his girlfriend was 6 months pregnant and they had been hiding it the entire time. They then kicked out my fiance in mid-May so that the girlfriend could move in. He had no money, no job and no place to go. They forced him to live with my mother until he could afford a place of his own. At this moment in time, he is working more than full time, he is a full-time student and his health is declining because of it. I have severe health problems so I can't really get a job, which was what I had wanted to do to pay for our upcoming wedding. Not only will his parents not help pay for the wedding, but they don't care about it or us at all. Trust me, it's not about "needing" and "not needing". It's favouritism. And I don't really know what you mean by having my own family, but I never intend on having children.

I couldn't believe I'm reading this at this hour... but then... I might be wrong, but what I believe is that you are in a situation where both your parents and that of your fiance's believe that you can live without them while your brother couldn't.. that's why they give more attention to him. You certainly don't like the setup, but you are already old enough to decide not to do what you think is wrong once you get to have a family of your own. Good luck my dear.

We tend to do that...parents that we are, we know in our hearts that among our children, we love one as much as we love the others. Thank you for the response.

You're right dear. Thank you for responding.

Thank you buddy. I'll remember this response for as long as I live. I may have awarded the best response to another fellow here... but yours is so noteworthy. I have rated it a +.

Yes, I do so believe that kids perceive it as favoritism. This will pass anyway, but i also do hope you agree with me when I say that us parents should not be complacent enough to not do anything about it if we detect this kind of situation that our children could be in.

Then take it from us dear jinuxnet. Do you plan to have some? This is one of the topics that could help you prepare and be a good parent someday. Good luck buddy.

Maybe, your brother has stronger personality than yours. People tend to give in to those who are more persuasive. If you are what you say you are, then you should be glad, for your parents are mindful enough to know what you do and what you do not like. YOur parents know you very well to not being fond of material things that's why they don't bother to ask you what you want. I'm quite sure they do love you just the same.

Thank you so much. Your responses give justice to us parents. God bless you too :)