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This is probably one of the hardest things you will have to do as a parent. This is a very hard thing to do. I have three kids, ages 9,6,1 Its hard to treat them the same. They all have the same rules they must follow. They have the same punishments (per age group) if they don't follow the rules. And something I recently started so that each one knows I love them all the same is alone time. We don't have many kids that live around here, so for each birthday we do something special. They don't have a normal party. On their birthday I take the birthday kid ONLY and we go have lunch together. This is great alone time with them. We get to talk about what they want, we go to what ever restaurant they choose. After lunch we head to the toy store. They all get the same amount on their bday and we pick out their presents. After that we head home to the other children. Later that day we have family over for cake and ice cream. On weekends we also try and do things. One weekend me and the girls will go do something together, they are the two oldest ones. Last weekend we went to the dollar show and caught a movie. Their little brother went to his grandparents for this. Then the next weekend we all went to the park together. Right now, I don't do much alone on the weekends with my son, thats because his age and He has me all day to his self while his sisters are at school. When he gets old enough though the pattern will continue with him.

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