What do you like most about each child?

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I’m doing a simple research study for school and my group chose the topic on children. It would mean a lot if you responded! (Identities will remain confidential if we were to present it)

What is your gender?
How many kids do you have?
What is your favorite thing about each child (state if the child is your son or daughter)

Please respond! 🙂
 
Lea101 said:
I’m doing a simple research study for school and my group chose the topic on children. It would mean a lot if you responded! (Identities will remain confidential if we were to present it)

What is your gender?
How many kids do you have?
What is your favorite thing about each child (state if the child is your son or daughter)

Please respond! 🙂
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(let me do an example, based on my dad’s answer)

Male.
Have 4 kids
2 sons: One is really fun to be with, very humorous. The other is authoritative, can get things done easily.
1 daughter: very cheerful, makes everyone happy
Me (other daughter): (my dad didn’t want to say, idk why, but for the sake of an example, let me just put my own view) the most amazing, loving soul there ever was :cool:

(we are trying to see if there is a noticeable difference between the way how females and males view their children, and if there is, why)
 
You would have to know the base personalities and temperments of the parents you are asking for this to be accurate, as well as the age of the parent, and culture and environment and many other variables.
An extroverted parent for example would like high energy qualities, and for an introverted parent, they may dislike these qualities.
So your research will not be accurate

I also think it is unwise to dissect qualities of a person, as all of these combined, makes a person or child unique.
 
mommy_k said:
You would have to know the base personalities and temperments of the parents you are asking for this to be accurate, as well as the age of the parent, and culture and environment and many other variables.
An extroverted parent for example would like high energy qualities, and for an introverted parent, they may dislike these qualities.
So your research will not be accurate

I also think it is unwise to dissect qualities of a person, as all of these combined, makes a person or child unique.
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It’s a data-gathering exercise for a research module, we are just going to calculate correlation and stuff like that.
It’s not a serious research project.

Which is why we aren’t collecting other info that is usually vital (like culture etc) for research. We aren’t looking for actual answers, we wouldn’t do it online otherwise. just rough data 🙂
 
As children or as adults? When they were children, I got along with my daughter more because we had a lot in common. Now my son is my “favorite” as we have more in common. They are in their 20s, so I expect the balance will change in the future.

Hope that helps! 🙂
 
Bonnie said:
As children or as adults? When they were children, I got along with my daughter more because we had a lot in common. Now my son is my “favorite” as we have more in common. They are in their 20s, so I expect the balance will change in the future.

Hope that helps! 🙂
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Current age would be great.
It’s not about your favorite child, but one thing you see in each child that you like the most. For example, “caring” “brave” etc!

As of now I only need 5 more people. It’s taking slower than I thought :confused:
I’m too lazy to make up data, lol 😦
 
For both of my children - I like that they are self-reliant & honest. We can talk about absolutely anything.
 
Well for the sake of research…

Male
7 kids
Daughter 1 - love her strong empathy for animals (empathetic)
Daughter 2 - she loves laughing at my stupid jokes (peace maker)
Daughter 3 - uhhh… she doesn’t throw up on me ??? (she’s only 7 months so…)
Son 1 - strong sense of justice (sense of right and wrong)
Son 2 - loves to build Legos with me while telling me about his day (easygoing)
Son 3 - is a goofball that makes me smile after a long day (silly)
Son 4 - loves to climb into my lap and cuddle up with Daddy (caring)
 
Thanks to both of you! I managed to ask 3 people through Facebook 🙂

Don’t need anymore replies. If you want to gush about your cute babies, feel free! I have no children, so can’t relate :confused:
 
I’m female. My husband and I have 7 children and a baby on the way (girl #4).

Boy 1: honorable, polite, clever, easygoing but stands up for what is right
Boy 2: helpful, well-behaved, outgoing, fun and entertaining
Boy 3: reserved, often sensitive, kind, curious, and active
Boy 4: playful, entertaining, cuddly, persistent, and thick-skinned

Girl 1: reserved, honorable, clever, creative, has a dry wit
Girl 2: kind, sensitive, encouraging, outgoing, and ebullient
Girl 3: often serious, perceptive, outgoing, determined, and curious

I realize that sometimes I appreciate one characteristic about one child, and the opposite (or near-opposite) characteristic in another. I can admire each because I see how each approach or perspective can be beneficial–how it can be a strength. Before I became a parent, I don’t think I saw as many qualities that way. I tended to think of certain personality types as “better” in certain situations. Now I realize that those personalities or qualities I found “better” usually were just the ones to which I could more easily relate.
 
Female. Two kids, one more on the way.

Daughter (3): Curiosity.
Son (1 1/2): Affectionate nature.
Fetus (5 months of gestation): Makes less trouble for me than the other two.
 
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