There are parents who say that they accidentally have their favorite child and that they can't help it. Perhaps it is the personality or the way of behaving with them, that causes a more pleasant feeling in the parents when you are with a child rather than with others.
This can be a fatal parenting mistake, especially when other children find out who their parents' favorite child is.
Never let your kids think you have a favorite. It is true that many parents think that sometimes it is funny to joke about these things because they have a child. that perhaps he is more obedient or easier to raise than the other children. However, you cannot allow yourself to say that you have a favorite child because this term is interpreted as unique love towards only one child.
Children will think that if you have a favorite child it is because you love that child more than the rest. It is sad to think that your child will feel that you do not love him so much because of the favoritism, But that's how they feel if you make the mistake of joking about your favorite kids.
Using the phrase 'you are my favorite son' is a big mistake. Your children should know that everyone is loved equally and that your love is not divided, but is multiplied by each one of them. They should know that the love of a father and a mother has no limits and that there will always be love in your heart for each of them. Educate them in fairness and even if you have more sympathy for one than the other, this should only be temporary, perhaps due to current circumstances ... But your children, all of them are the greatest thing in your life equally, and you, We can assure you, that you are the greatest in yours.