Here's How You Know If You're The 'Favorite Child'

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Were you the "favorite child" in your family? It's been said the most parents absolutely have a favorite child, but most *smart* parents won't just tell you who that child is.

It could be the oldest, it could be the youngest - it probably isn't the middle child, though. KIDDING! Well - now there's supposedly a sneaky new way to get it out of your parents.

Over the past few months, there's been a silly trend on TikTok (what - a silly trend on TikTok??), where kids log out of Netflix, and then they ask their parents for the password. If one of the kids' names is in the password, they're determined to be the "password child," and their parents' secret FAVORITE child!

There were some funny responses online: One person said, "I'm an only child and I'm not even the password child." Another said, "My sister is the password child, but I'M the one who they come to when THEY forget the password." And in the words of another: "Nothing hurts worse than getting replaced as password child by the dog.” Ouch!

Here's the video that started it all.

Others said that they're the password child for one of their parents but not the other. And one person joked about their family being thrown into chaos when the password was: "TheAdopted1." Ahh - you have to love parents with a sense of humor!

Now, if your parents' password ISN'T a child's name, and is 47 random characters, you won't know who their favorite child is. And you'll become the least favorite child for logging them out, because now they have to reset their password, and they can't remember their username either. But on the plus side, your parents are far less likely to lose your inheritance by being hacked, that's for sure!

On the flip side of it all, here's how you know you are NOT the favorite child in the family...

They used the batteries from your smoke alarm for the remote.

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Their letters to you at summer camp started with "To Whom It May Concern."

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Your birthday presents were whatever your older siblings didn't want from their birthday presents

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Instead of an expensive car seat, they put you on the hump between your older siblings

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You asked for a puppy, you got a leash instead

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Dad tells you a bunch of terrible dad jokes. But you just needed $10 bucks.

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If your parents tell you they don't have a favorite child - it's not you!

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Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.

Here’s How You Know If You’re The ‘Favorite Child’

Were you the “favorite child” in your family? It’s been said the most parents absolutely have a favorite child, but most smart parents won’t just tell you who that child is….

Carla Rea

They used the batteries from your smoke alarm for the remote.

Their letters to you at summer camp started with "To Whom It May Concern."

Your birthday presents were whatever your older siblings didn't want from their birthday presents

Instead of an expensive car seat, they put you on the hump between your older siblings

You asked for a puppy, you got a leash instead

Dad tells you a bunch of terrible dad jokes. But you just needed $10 bucks.

If your parents tell you they don't have a favorite child - it's not you!

Here’s How You Know If You’re The ‘Favorite Child’

Were you the “favorite child” in your family? It’s been said the most parents absolutely have a favorite child, but most *smart* parents won’t just tell you who that child is….

Carla Rea

They used the batteries from your smoke alarm for the remote.

Their letters to you at summer camp started with "To Whom It May Concern."

Your birthday presents were whatever your older siblings didn't want from their birthday presents

Instead of an expensive car seat, they put you on the hump between your older siblings

You asked for a puppy, you got a leash instead

Dad tells you a bunch of terrible dad jokes. But you just needed $10 bucks.

If your parents tell you they don't have a favorite child - it's not you!

Were you the “favorite child” in your family? It’s been said the most parents absolutely have a favorite child, but most smart parents won’t just tell you who that child is….