Parents shouldn't practice favoritism among children.

How many members of the platform will agree with me that reading content on the platform would inspire you to write? It's like you can't run out of a topic to write about as long as you engage with others' content.

Engagement is one of the purposes of every crypto blogging site, it is the life of every blog project. I mentioned this because of how it helped me today, I actually didn't know what to write yesterday but @HappyBoy story inspired me to write something about parenting.

His article was about a boy whose dad never takes time to appreciate him despite all his effort in trying to make his dad see how well he is doing with academics and life in general. The story is quite interesting and you should see what happened yourself, you can read the rest of the story here.

One of the mistakes parents make in the world today is showing they have an excessive love for a particular child among others, this act creates hate and jealousy in the family.

This act has destroyed homes, it usually looks good when the parents are alive because they protect that particular child always and it becomes a problem when they pass on, the family will have no reason to be united and they can go on passing that beef to other generations.

It is impossible not to have a favorite, almost every parent has a favorite child just like we have favorite colors, meals, dresses, and others but we must never let any of the kids have an idea about it. Kids do not process things like adults, every child will take advantage of knowing that his or her parent loves him or her more than the other children, and because of the love, there will be limits to how much you can rebuke the child.

Even when either of the parents tries to rebuke the child, the one who loves the child ends up defending the child and that makes the child continue to be wayward and disrespectful which later becomes a problem even for the child in the future.

Many Nigerians would know Tacoma, she makes comedy skits, and she acts all the roles in her skit. Her mom usually takes the side of her younger sister and it pisses the senior because she gets the blame when she is right or wrong.

How do you think she will treat her sister if the mom is not around? She will want to punish her for all her sins and in reality, some people go a long way in just trying to make their siblings pay for these acts.

I have seen a true-life story, the girl happens to be my classmate. Her mom is late and her dad married another wife who gave birth to two girls, I don't know the family background but the man gives the children of the new wife special care and attention. You will always see the new girls around him while the daughter of the late wife doesn't feel free because he was too strict with them.

He wasn't doing it secretly, everyone saw his behavior towards them. Many said he was under a spell but I didn't believe it, he is just too much into their mother and transferred the love to her children as well. I asked the girl if the man wasn't their father and he said he is because I don't comprehend why you will pamper some children and not do so to the others.

The man's attitude made those girls embrace their education so well, the eldest finished tertiary education and got a good job. The first thing she did was move her siblings out of the house even though the man was still taking responsibility, she didn't like seeing her sibling not getting attention because they deserve more of it without their mother.

The man later died due to health issues and the war started between the girls, the girls came home only to retaliate. They poured out the anger they have been harboring all their lives and I doubt if they are at peace after a decade.

That was expected and the man should have known that he was tearing the family apart while he was alive doing those things.

No matter how much you love a particular child, it must never be shown else it would attract hatred from the other children of the family. It doesn't end at that, the child enjoying so much love and attention may not take anything about life seriously.

A girl who is enjoying one of her parent's excessive love might decide not to learn chores and she will be getting protection and support for not doing it. She grows up like that and except her husband to pamper her that way and it becomes a problem.

Choosing a child to experience excessive love can be a terrible thing, parents must desist from caring for one more than the other. Every child deserves equal care and for no reason should any of the kids feel like they are their parent's favorite.

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