My mother favors my brother, the oldest and the only boy. It's been obvious for many years.

my little sister was always favored by my single parent mother.she got whatever she wanted ,was the "pretty", and supposedly the one that would turn out better.from being raised like this it made me more aware that i will never do that to my kids and even though my kids are 12 years apart i try to explain to my older son that the youngest requires more attention becuz he cant do stuff and im grateful that he can!

They try not to, but I can definitely tell that they tend to favor one over the other sometimes. it all depends on the situation tho

No, I don't think so.

Yes, the youngest, the only son.

I was an only child, until my parents divorced and both remarried. I got some step siblings, then.

I find it odd and a bit telling of the OP's perceived situation that she didn't include "No, they don't" as one of the answers. Hmmm.

Parents usually try very hard not to have favorites. It is impossible to treat every child in a family "exactly the same." Often more is expected from some kids, and everyone has strengths and weaknesses.

IMO, parents should strive to not have "favorites."

I also see so many people who always think someone else is the favorite, and not being parents themselves can't see the entire parenting picture. When I was a kid not a single one of anyone I knew claimed they were the favorite, but neither did any of their siblings. It was a big finger pointing exercise, "Mommy loves YOU more! You're spoiled and get everything you want!" While the sibling was saying the same thing to the speaker. I think in decent people, having true "favorites" and making it clear who that person is is rarely the case. Although, in the immaturity of youth, too many people assume it is so.