Stories about Parental Favouritism? Were you the favourite child? The unfavourite? All stories are subject to be anonymized, rewritten, and potentially used in a book.

I have become one of the favourites in my family. When I was younger, my family consisted of my two older siblings (sister and brother), my younger sister, and myself. Eventually, my older siblings went their separate ways (college) and it just was my sister and me. With time, my older siblings got less and less in touch, to the point where they hadn't gone far with their lives (one is almost 30 with no college degree after 10+ years). Before my father passed away, he had claimed he was on the verge of disowning them, and never took what he said back. My stepfather hadn't known them for long, but upon meeting them, he had never truly attached any feelings toward them, and before he passed away as well, had not talked to them for a couple years. My mother always says she loves my sister and I very much, but my sister was sent to move in with my aunt, as my mother grew sick and I would be graduating soon. My mother tells us that she has always favoured my sister and me over my older siblings because, well, they hadn't been very appreciative and respectful of my parents' efforts in raising them. I don't talk to them that much anymore because of this. My family is very strict on academic success.