Absolutely not. Matter of fact, I’m not sure I could even say which of my kids is smartest, because they are all different ages, and all pretty smart for their ages (and like all kids they each have an area that they don’t excel). I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but trying to figure out out of my 3 boys (ages 7 4 and almost 2) who is smartest would be near impossible.

Well, right now I only have one so I can’t have a favorite yet!

Honestly, I don’t think parents would favor a child over another b/c one is smarter. If anything I would think they would favor the easier one - ie one who doesn’t get in trouble, outgoing, happy etc over a trouble maker, grumpy, outcast.

But I’m an only child and only have one child right now - so what do I know!

I don’t feel like any of my kids are smarter than the others. The are all smart knowledgable in different areas.

That’s a hard question because there are different kinds of smart. My 8 year old son is in the Very Smart Kid category, but my 5 year old daughter is in the Evil Genius category. He gets school subjects like science and math and reading, but she gets human nature and relationship-type stuff. So I think I favor each of them in different ways.

to me, having a favorite kid is like having a favorite lung….

I don’t have a smarter kid - they’re good at different things from each other.

I know what you mean, though..I was the smart kid in my family and I feel I was praised a lot more than my siblings were. I still get hassled about how I was allowed to do anything and was spoiled! If one of my children turns out to be a super genius I’ll be sure to be equal and fair with both/all (we have two now - thinking about a third).

no i dont favor any of my kids over the other
thats sad if you do, and for those of you who do I just want to point out that your child sees this and it hurts them deeply. and most likely other people notice it as well

No way! I could never pick a favorite! They are both incredibly smart in their own ways!! One of my daughters is great with learning to write and learning to read. While my other daughter is great at singing and knowing every song she has ever heard, memorizing books and good with numbers!! They are both smart and beautiful in their own ways!!

I dont think any mother could ever favor one child over the other…

Its just not even emotionally possible.

You can’t secretly favor one child; believe me, they will know.

I have two natural children and have been married twice to men who already had children. Plus, I have raised children as wards of the court, and I have children who have adopted me. I don’t favor any of them, even my natural children, but I am closer to some than to others.

When I was a single mom, my older child lived with his father, so I have a closer relationship with my younger one because we were together more. But my older one is special to me because he was my first child.

And I was blessed to have three babies - youngest - my natural son, my husband’s youngest, and a granddaughter who was the youngest when they lived with us.

One time one of my children answered the phone and said, Mom, it’s your favorite son. My answer? Which one?

No way! I have six children, now adults, and 7 grandchildren.
Smarter kids do not make for happier, more successful adults. I have a mixture. Everyone is different, every one unique and everyone successful in their own way. They go from a lawyer, to a babysitter and each one is happy with their own lives, and each one is a loving, kind, giving adult.

Funny! I have never looked at my children, as any of them being smarter than the other. I only looked to them for their own achievements and their own dreams. I never directed them in any way, I let them choose their own paths.

It worked for us. If you want to talk in that language, here is what I have to say. My smarter adult kid has 3 children,a wonderful father and a successful position. The least smarter kid, is the mother of 3 children, a wonderful mother and a successful person with her own choices. There is no difference as to what kind of person they are, or to how successful and happy each is. They are both very happy, giving, non-prejudicial, non-judge mental adults and that to me is more important then which one is, or was, the smartest.

yes,I love smarter kid.