Young children often pick a favorite parent, and it's a normal phase. The video shares strategies for both parents to handle it together without resentment, using personal stories to show how to navigate this common stage.
So tell me the secret. Are you the favorite parent or the not favorite parent? You're probably one or the other. Let me explain. A normal part of infant and childhood development is parental favoritism. They typically have a favorite parent, the one that they're totally attached to, the parent that has to do everything. So you're either the favorite or you basically feel like chopped liver. Don't let it hurt your feelings. It's not an. An accurate representation of your parenting abilities or their love for you. When my son Jace was about 12 months old, I was the favorite parent. And I can remember, like, looking at my husband, and he was all like, oh, must be nice for you. I have to feed him dinner. I have to give him a bath. To do the bedtime routine, I have to do it all. And then, like, six months later, Daddy became the king. My husband would walk in the door after work. Jace would run to him. Daddy, literally, I was chopped liver. He didn't want anything to do with me because Daddy was home, and I was all like, are you kidding me? I've been here with him all day long. And now you're the king? My poor husband just couldn't win. Remember what he said at the beginning? This is normal childhood development. Instead of taking it out on your partner like I did with my husband, make it about the two of you. Make yourselves a team. Us against the problem. Here's something I could have done. Instead of me just doing the whole bedtime routine, feeling like it's all on me, we're both gonna do it. I'm gonna hold you, but Daddy's gonna read the book. We are a team.
