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[quote=Anonymous]If we are being fundamentally honest, it's difficult not to have favorites among children, grandchildren and other family members, as well as friends. It's interesting that people take hard the notion of a favorite child or grandchild but don't make a fuss over a favorite niece or cousin, as if that is somehow different and justifiable. Look - do you have a favorite parent or sibling or grandparent? It goes both ways too.

I can see many reasons why a grandparent would seem to have a favorite set of grandchildren. Some of it has to do with proximity. Grandparents who see the grandchildren who live in the same town all the time versus grandchildren who live on the opposite coast and visit only once a year - of course it's going to affect how the relationships develop. And grandchildren themselves do greatly vary as people themselves do greatly vary. Some are just nicer, some may remind the grandparent of themselves as children while others don't. Culture certainly plays a role too.

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