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[quote=Anonymous]My younger brother, who is relatively young, proactively volunteered the fact that my daughters are not his favorite nieces because I'm not his favorite sibling and that he feels closer his favorite sibling's kids. I didn't ask and we don't do the competitive comparing kids thing in our family, so him saying this is pretty odd behavior for my side of the family.

Anyway, do I need to do something to shield my kids from his favoritism during holidays? There's otherwise not a favoritism dynamic at holidays. My parents are great about being attentive to all their grandkids and interacting with each kid as an individual and I think the rest of my siblings are socially aware enough to not voice anything like that even if they thought it. But, if he's insensitive enough to say it to me, what's to stop him from repeating it in front of my kids? I just don't want my girls to start thinking everyone has a "favorite" within the family and for them to worry where they rank on the list. It was something that never crossed my mind prior to him volunteering this information and I don't want to plant that competitive seed with the girls either. So, do I need to limit their interactions with him? Do I leave it all as is? He doesn't see them other than at holidays and major family functions, like weddings and the like. [/quote]

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