Dad breaks parent code and names his least favorite kid in a TikTok

Growing up with siblings, you may or may not have speculated whether your parents were secretly comparing and ranking you against the others. Parents are “not supposed to” have favorites, but in a 2005 study, 74 percent of mothers and 70 percent of fathers admitted to having a favorite. One TikTok dad is breaking this unspoken parent code and explaining to the world how and why he’s chosen his favorite and least favorite child. “People go ‘Zach, you don’t have favorites in your kids!’” the dad, who goes by @forrealb on the platform, says at the beginning of the video. “The f*** I don’t”. Zach’s favorite child is his oldest because she’s sensitive and responsible. “She breaks an $8 lamp from Walmart, you would have thought she shot me at point-blank range. She’s shaking and crying and I’m like ‘Honey it’s okay, you were chasing the dog. S*** happens”. “My youngest, that little psychopath, comes up to me butt-ass naked and goes, ‘Dad I pooped behind the couch,'” Zach explains in the TikTok. “She’s a f***ing animal”. “She’s your least favorite because she’s the most like you,” one commenter replied. for the most part, people thought the clip was pretty funny and a reminder of how overwhelming parenting can be. “TikTok parents are the best birth control,” someone else commented. “Why is this so relatable,” another person wrote. “I have favorite, I just don’t tell them that. Every parent has a favorite and if you say you don’t, you’re lying”