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Researchers have found that 74% of mothers and 70% of fathers admit to having a favourite child - and children say there is a bias towards the eldest one.... READ MORE ABOUT: Children.
The truth is that many parents do have a favorite child and may not always treat their children equally. Ideally, parents treat kids equally, but favoritism does happen in families. Unequal treatment of children can change over time, and children can be wrong about which child a parent 'prefers.
The survey backs up the results of a study published by researchers at Brigham Young University's School of Family Life which also found the youngest child is the favourite for most families.
One way to find out whether you are your parents' favourite child is by observing if they go around boasting about your successes and achievements to everyone. No matter how underconfident you are about yourself, your parents will always take pride in what you have achieved so far.
Overall, 38 percent of Americans who are the youngest in their family report they were the favorite, compared to 27 percent of those who were oldest. Middle children are the least likely to say they were a favorite child; only 20 percent believe they were.
Griffin says that although parents might not readily admit to favouritism, they certainly won't be alone if they find themselves feeling closer to one child over another. Most mothers and fathers have favourites – and that's OK.
In fact, the results of a recent survey published in Evolution and Human Behavior found that we don't find babies cute until three, or even six months of age. 1 From there, babies remain at peak cuteness until around age four-and-a-half. Understandable right? That's when they're at their most chubby and dimpled.
Does that hold true for your family? The order you were born can have an impact on how successful you are in life, according to Sandra Black, an economics professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
For parents, that tended to be the youngest—56 percent of those parents with a favorite said they preferred the baby of the family. Almost 40 percent of the grandparents with a favorite, meanwhile, preferred the oldest.
Summary: A research group has studied whether parents' gender preferences and investment in offspring are affected by their status, wealth, education or childhood environment. Instead, parental preferences were best predicted by their sex.
The survey concluded that parents tend to favour their youngest child over the elder. More than half of the parents quizzed said they preferred their youngest child, while only 26 per cent said that their favourite child was their eldest.
A recent study has found that it's not the youngest child that's liked the most. It's actually the eldest! While eldest children around the world have had to be the example for their younger siblings and parents being extra strict on them, it looks like there was a good reason.
What is this? In the poll, parents said that age 8 is so tough, parents referred to this stage as the “hateful eights”. Seems a little harsh but parents say this is the age where those tantrums intensify and it's really hard to deal with.
First-born kids tend to be leaders, like CEOS and founders, and are more likely to achieve traditional success. Middle-born children often embody a mix of the traits of older and younger siblings, and they're very relationship-focused.
Every stage of parenting has its challenges, but one poll reveals what age most parents feel they struggled with the most.
It's hard to be the big sib. No matter how old you are, you're expected to take more responsibility, even when you're a very young person yourself. That's one reason that oldest children are often described as responsible, sensitive, perfectionistic, and a bit more anxious than their siblings.
Researchers have found a correlation between risk-taking and being the last-born sibling.
Researchers have found that the baby of the family is often slimmer and less prone to illness. As a result, younger siblings can expect to live longer than their older brothers and sisters.
Forty percent of survey participants felt that five was the most fun age. This was thought to be down to improved communication skills and the development of a good sense of humour. The survey also found that parents had the least fun with the 10 to 12 year old children.
The big drop-off in cuteness appears to happen around age 4 1/2 -- between preschool and kindergarten. Men and women rated infants as more likeable and more attractive than toddlers, who, in turn are rated as more attractive than young children. What is it that happens to 4 1/2-year-olds?
Anderson Cooper's son Wyatt Morgan Cooper was just born in April and is already winning titles. People magazine announced Thursday that he was named 2020's Cutest Baby Alive!
Daughters naturally crave connection with their fathers, and they especially cherish emotional and physical affection from their fathers. In fact, according to Meg Meeker's research, when girls and dads have a stronger connection, daughters do better in life on a number of different levels.
Relative to peers without children, fathers reported greater satisfaction with their lives and feelings of connectedness to others, and they reported greater positive emotions and fewer daily hassles than mothers.
They find that the preference-based explanation is likely—that fathers care more about sons than daughters, and mothers don't display that tendency.