Do you have a favourite child?
If you are not sure, but use one child's name as your password for online banking or another app, then according to TikTok, your 'Password Child' is your favourite offspring.
Which is all fine until your 'non-favourite' child asks you for the password for something...
Watch: Is it ever okay to admit to having a favourite child? Post continues below.
The term 'Password Child' first came to light on TikTok in 2021 when a young woman made fun of the fact her parents don't have a favourite child, before cutting to a shot of her standing and flexing her arm while 'THE PASSWORD' appears across her chest.
It has been liked over 10 million times and widely shared, spawning hundreds of thousands of other funny and not-so-funny 'favourite child' TikToks and Reels.
As us parents slowly catch up to the TikTok generated 'Password Child' term, many are now frantically updating their passwords to ensure they don't subject their kids to a lifetime of password-related therapy.
@clemenceee.vp FACTS #favoritechild ♬ Eleanor Rigby - Cody Fry
On this week's episode of Mamamia's This Glorious Mess, hosts Leigh Campbell and Tegan Natoli discuss a recent article from The Sydney Morning Herald that examines the guilt parents are feeling after belatedly stumbling across the idea of having a 'Password Child'.
While mum-of-one Leigh says she doesn't have to worry about playing favourites, mum-of-three Tegan admits she uses her daughter Indiana's name as her password because she thought it would be easiest to remember.
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