Would you prefer to be the eldest of the children or the youngest? why?

i prefer to b youngest children in my family .....if u are eldest than there r lots of responsivilties in ur life.....but youngest remain always children in view of family.....:)))

id prefer to be the oldest. im the second from oldest out of 4 already which is fine. i have the rest to look after and guide which i like. being the youngest you may get alot of attention but you may feel like the older kids are setting the standards you must reach. not always good

i do know..hehe i am a middle child..third from the eldest and there are seven of us siblings..so i really cant tell if i want to be the eldest or the youngest.. i havent tried being being the youngest or eldest siblings so i really cant compare.. all i know is that i love being a middle child.. happy, not much of responsibilities..hahaha

I'm presently the middle child and it's not such a bad place to be in. If I were to be given the choice though, I would definitely want to be the eldest child. I like being given responsibility. I like to be a good role model for my younger siblings as well. I don't think the youngest would suit my type-A personality very well. I might end up being a brat!

personally,i like to be the younger..i agree that when you are elder,you have some power(not only over your younger siblings!)...more powers--more responsibilities...being an elder,we have to take care of the family,etc,etc,pressure comes..i'll rther go with the lesser powered one-youngest!!We are free from all such things and i am happy to say that i am the youger among the two in ma family!

i still want to be the eldest because of the so called chain of command... hehehe.... if you are tired of doing something you can pass it to your younger sibling lol

I'm the youngest of the three children and I quite agree with your perception - my elder brother would share maximum family responsibility earlier; later on when we grew up - we started sharing responsibilities with him. But till date he enjoys a different 'position' in our family and we have no complaint in this regard as it helps us to stay 'FREE'! Besides, being the youngest, I enjoyed a lot of pampering during my childhood from my parents, might be in particular from my Mom! And I would prefer to be youngest if I have any option in this regard as I am happy being so in this life.

i am the youngest in the family and i must say i am a little spoiled. I guess if given a chance to choose i will still want to be the youngest. Happy mylotting!

Hard to say. I am the youngest and I was always being compared to the eldest. The first born, the apple of my mother's eye. No one was as good as her first born. He could do no wrong. Even though I was a girl and I thought all mother's wanted a girl, it made no difference. So in some ways they may have lots of responsibility but it really depends on the parents. Some parents treasure boys over girls so it would not matter if they were first, middle or last if the child was the only boy he would be special. Some mothers treasure their first born and they get away with everything. My brother certainly did. So I do not think it matters if you are eldest or youngest if you parents have a particular focus on a certain child. I have heard that being the middle child is the hardest. Some say that being the youngest you get the most leniency but this did not work for me. In my family the first born got the easiest ride and the youngest, myself, got the hardest. Actually I think it was because of the antics of the first born that made it so hard for the next two. The second child in our family was a boy as well but they were really tough on him.

I was the oldest and I hated it. First, I ended up always having to babysit. My brother was 4 years younger, one sister was 6 years younger and my baby sister was 13 years younger. As a teenager, I had to watch them all. It was harder for me too. I had to get my parents to let me listen to rock & roll, buy records, wear make-up, date. By the time the rest of them got to the age where they wanted to do these things, I had already forged the way. [em}happy[/em] When I was young, I had to eat a good breakfast every moring. By the time my baby sister came along, she was able to eat chocolate cup cakes for breakfast if she wanted. I think I would have chosen being the youngest if I had had a choice.

Yeah that is true being the oldest you have to be more responsible that is why i would not want to be the ldest i would rather be the youngest then you get all the attention in the world i am in the middle i get attention but it is better to be youngest lol . Though i dont mind being the middle sometimes not too young not too old just right hehe.

being the elder one in the family is very difficult!! coz i am the eldest in my family!.. and believe me its really hard!, you would be questioned for each and every thing that happens around you!! and you would also be made responsible for what your younger siblings do!!! that is the worst part!! and the still more worst part is that.. parents tell us .. you are the elder one.. so do adjust with your younger one!! that is what i hate the most!! i love to be the younger one only for this reason!

Im in the middle, but i want to be the eldest because i want to have the capacity and authority of being responsible to my younger siblings. I want to be of help of my parents too specially when they are not around and prove to them that i can be responsible enough to take care all of them.

I thought it was kind of scary being the oldest. I have a brother that is 6 years younger than me. I didn't have any body to help me at school. It seemed that every other kid had an older brother or sister and me being the oldest and the first one in school. Until I got things figured out I got picked on a little bit.

I am the oldest. I have seen so much attention given to the youngest. Its makes me jealous. I also suffered more. when my brother became ill, my mother was worse than 911. He also received a lot of attention from every body. He was bad as hell. Thank god it was just the two of us. I did have a lot of responsibility, more than I could handle. you do not really have power over the younger ones, because as soon as your parents comes home, they tell everything. My parents were more incline to believe them more than me. You've heard of favoritism. Thats the way it was with. yes I would have loved to be the youngest.

i am the youngest in my family, and i feel contented with this situation. i don't need to be the apple of the eyes of my elder sisters and brother and my parents. instead, i am the pebble in their shoes just kidding. being a last son, what i experienced when i still studied in school is my inheriting my elder brother and sisters books, used pencils, (used) shoes, even school uniform well, it's not that bad actually. everybody in my family love me; and i love them. we may hardly express my feeling to each other, but we always account on each other.

I prefer to be the eldest. Not because of the power thing you mentioned. But because I hated havung to use all my elder brother's things all the time. Uniforms, Books, Stationery and every thing is second hand for me.

I have always been the youngest and I didn't really like it very much because I was always blamed and I felt bad when people bought things for me more often than they did my brothers because I was the only girl. Also, I was always too young to do everything and I was considered annoying. I would not want to be the oldest because you have to do everything first. I would want to be in the middle.