As a parent, do you find yourself making sure that you have divided food into equal parts for everyone if your children have to share something? When my brother and I have to split something, we have to use a knife to divide it up or else it won't come out equally.

I am a parent; however, I only have one son, so he gets it all. As a child, I was one of 4 children. Many things were first come first serve; however, on birthdays all children received a gift but the birthday person received the biggest gift.

We as siblings divide everything up but not in to equal parts sometimes. We don't really care much about who gets the biggest share of food as long as we have something to eat thats fine. But when it comes to items we definitely split things up equally because if you didn't one will end up having a hard feelings with another one.

Whenever I was babysitting, I was really good at making sure the kids had an equal share. The more you do that, the more kids want to do it naturally. It worked out really nicely

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-Brittany Brydahl

For me and my brother, we both wanted to have the biggest part. He wanted the biggest simply because he was the oldest, and I just wasn't satisfied with the smallest piece. The only logical thing to do was split it equally.

Children are very good at knowing what is "fair" and what is not, they have this instinct, and they will watch to make sure everything is done right. Getting equal shares of food is one such thing. If someone gets more for a specific reason - like they worked hard outside, or they are ill and need to restore their strength - they will understand, but if it's done all the time, without explanation, you are likely to have trouble.