My children complain my son is the favourite because I give him special treatment and breastfed him until he was four. But they're wrong - this is why I really treat him differently. So many mothers do the same: SYBILLA HART ⊕

As my seven-year-old son Benny finally drifts off to sleep, I lay beside him in contented bliss. I read him a bedtime story every night to help him feel sleepy and rarely leave until he drops off.