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Study shows parents DO have a favourite child

Published 22:49 2 Apr 2016 BST

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Study shows parents DO have a favourite child

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We will not be held responsible for breaking up families all over the country.

  Although they would never admit it, a new study has found that parents do actually have a favourite when it comes to their children. At least that's according to research from The Science of Us, which claims to show that parents give preferential treatment towards the firstborn. [caption id="attachment_50091" align="alignnone" width="863"]via Mean Girls/Paramount via Mean Girls/Paramount[/caption] For the study, 384 pairs of siblings were asked about differences in how they were treated and how it affected their self-esteem. With those answers in mind, the parents of the siblings were then interviewed. The conclusion? First born children tended to feel they were preferred while the younger siblings felt their parents were stricter on them and like they got less attention. And it's not just a feeling, as a whopping 70% of dads and 74% of mums admitted to treating one child better than the other.

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Study shows parents DO have a favourite child