To discover what part parent impartiality might play in creating a climate in which each individual child can prosper, 198 college students from a large Midwestern urban university were questioned about their perceptions of their parents' behavior during the time that they were growing up. The first section of the survey consisted of 50 questions addressing the parenting behaviors of the subject's father and mother in interactions with the subject. Subjects were asked to rate their parents on a five-point scale from "never" to "always" for such behaviors as "valued me as a person" and "insisted I obey." The second section was directed at comparisons of parental behavior toward the subject and the subject's siblings. Subjects were asked to indicate which child each parent would choose as "favorite," which as "least favorite," and if they were happy with their place in the family. Responses showed that 78% of the subjects reported parental favorites. The subjects' own status with their parents (favorite, least favorite, not chosen, parents have no favorites) was used to determine whether there was any difference in the scoring of parental behavior. An analysis of variance for each item in the survey showed significant differences between groups on 80% of the items. Subjects who reported that their parents had no favorites gave parents the highest scores for positive nurturing behavior and the lowest scores on hostile or controlling behavior items. The opposite was true for the "least favorites." (Author/HOD)