So many parents especially mothers have destroyed their families, planted hatred and division in their homes with the single act of "preferential treatment". You have 6 children but you have 2 amongst them that you love specially and you make it obvious to others. You bend rules

For your favorites while others must adhere, you overlook the same mistake you will punish others for. In gift, care, attention, affection, etc you make it so apparent that you don't love them equally.

This is the reason so many siblings are siblings just for the mare fact that

They answer the same surname and come from same parents. Lack of solidarity, love and desire to see each other succeed. Everything becomes a competition and in some cases, they turn enemies. Uncle sega @segalink please permit me to borrow your # tag #responsibleparenting

You can never know how painful it is for a child to grow up knowing fully well that his/her parent prefers his siblings to him/her. The hurt and pain is excruciating, it goes beyond preference, it causes a lot of damages. Love equally, care equally treat your children equally.