Heather's Question of the Day.

I would tell them that Brother John was wrong and that I don't have a favorite.

I would then have a talk with Brother John!

I always tell Isaac that he's my favorite son and Abigail that she's my favorite daughter. That worked well for a long time. Now, they each say "you know I'm your favorite kid".
I make it into more of a joke that when one takes out the garbage without being asked that they are my favorite or whatever it is they do.

I would probably tell brother John that he was my least favorite Sunday school teacher...

Dear brother John would be in trouble with this Momma!!!

First I would explain to my daughter that as much as everyone would like to know everything that is just impossible. Everyone makes mistakes and brother John made one because this mother does not have favorites. This Momma loves all her children more than she could ever explain.

I don't have a favorite. Sure there are times when one child is easier to get along with then another, but that doesn't make that child any more or less my favorite. I tell all my children that they are the favorite one I have their size. I would have a little talk with brother John as well.

H., I guess I would have looked at my child and told her that I didn't agree with Brother John. I would have told her that I don't believe that.

That would have been my answer, and then I would have asked the pastor to talk to Brother John about saying this kind of stuff. If you ask your pediatrician the same question, I do think that he or she would say that it's not healthy for children to think that parents have favorites.

Dawn

Everyone knows the dogs are my favorites :)

Brother John made a very stupid comment. "You are ALL my favorites because I birthed you ALL!" I think saying a child is your current favorite because they are 'having a good week' is probably territory you don't want to venture into, don't you? ;)

You are my favorite blue eyed boy.
You are my favorite black eyed boy.

I wouldn't make it complicated. Each of my children are unique and there things I love about each of them....

That may be the case in some families, but goodness, I would never tell my children "there's a favorite" for one second of any day. I only tell them I must have a huge heart because I fill like each of them fills my heart with more love 100% of the time (and how is it possible to have 200% of love in there?!?!). Ok. ... one gets 50% of my heart and the other 50% never more or less. Now do they exhaust my patience sometimes.. OF COURSE. I have 4 other siblings and it would make me so sad to even think we "ranked" in order of love. We are loved equally and love equally.

My kids are 18 and 15 they were always arguing over who got more and who's the favroite,so I use to say you're my favroite but don't tell your brother and I would say the same to my son when they realized what we were doing it was the biggest joke and still is. Now when its brought up I laugh and say I dislike both my teenagers equally, I love my kids equal just individually.

How wonderful stirring up sibling rivalry on a Sunday!
Having one child makes this a little easier.
My son is my favorite child because he's the only child I have!
'I always love you although I don't always love some of your choices" also comes in handy.

Whenever one questions why the other gets to do something we always say "because we like them better"....mind you they are 8 years apart so what they are asking about is ridiculous anyway. My younger one thought she was pretty special until she realized it went both ways ha ha. Now it's an joke.