Family Favoritism Quotes

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

No daughter is ever her mother's darling. That spot is always reserved for the son.

The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it's the most sensitive. It's not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite - and typically they don't.

I don't have children, but I imagine if parents are really pushed on the subject, they probably have favorite children.

Being the youngest sibling, I've always been the most pampered child.

Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.

I was my mother's favorite, but my - 'cause she worried about me the most.

Being the youngest ensures I'm the most pampered one of the lot!

Elder sisters never can do younger ones justice!

There aren't a lot of ironclad rules of family life, but here's one: No matter how much your parents deny it - and here's betting they deny it a lot - they have a favorite child. And if you're a parent, so do you.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

So it - we have one enduring, uh, idea that will always live on with the Smothers Brothers, that 'Mom always liked you best.' We're the universal, uh, feeling that every child, every sibling has had somewhere along the line. Or, 'Who did she like best?' And that became kind of a little mantra.

I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.

You always have to take care of the sisters first, so my dad would buy Barbies and stuff and I wouldn't get anything. So I don't want any other kid to feel like that.

Hey, look — Harry’s got a Weasley sweater, too!” Fred and George were wearing blue sweaters, one with a large yellow F on it, the other a G. “Harry’s is better than ours, though,” said Fred, holding up Harry’s sweater. “She obviously makes more of an effort if you’re not family.

I have the biggest sweet tooth! You name it, I will eat it. My all-time favorite is my mother's butter cake. Every time I go home, my mom will already have the cake made because I love it so much. This makes my siblings mad because they think she favors me. I don't care because she probably does!