First born, middle child, and last born?

I am the eldest of four siblings and I have 2 brothers in between and a sister. I have 3 kids and yes, each of them has different attitude and behavior but I find the middle one to have a bad attitude among the three. I even consulted with doctors and they call it "middle child syndrome" I always try to understand him but he is not considerate...

I'm an only child so I really don't know if i should be commenting on this.

I was the first out of 5 kids. Looking back I would have to say that it had it's advantages and disadvantages. I would say that in many ways I am now reliable and conscientious because of what life has dealt me since leaving home. I am far from the perfectionist, and well organized as this was never taught from my Mom. I actually have a lot of bad traits that I would say were passed down because I was never made to clean etc. until I was older. But I am Health conscious due to seeing my Mom never able to take care of herself and being in Bad health from like early 40s on, and in a wheelchair so that was a plus for sure.

I'm a middle but those do not relate well to my family. My brother is oldest and he's critical... but that's about the only one. My sister, the youngest, is the mediator and diplomatic and has many friends, she is charming and engaging, but she's none of those other things. I hate conflict but I'm the list maker and the perfectionist (or used to be).

i am the first child but it doesn't really describes me the one that you write because i am little bit disorganized,and me and my sister i mean the second one, we always on the fight she is not an independent person and she always want conflicts and confrontations...and the youngest it describes mostly that one that you write above she is charming and affectionate person and an attention seeker...

Hmmm.....I am in a family of three children and the attributes you named does actually suit a family of three children. I am the second child. Your descriptions about me and my siblings are quite true, impressive. Is this some sort of psychological manipulation?

I'm the eldest but I can't relate to everything. I'm not a perfectionist (I rarely am, depends on what I'm doing), I'm not well organized as well. Most of my things are in disarray. My sister and brother who are middle children aren't mediators at all. My brother usually starts a fight and is selfish. My sister is more of a perfectionist and she's organized too. My youngest brother seems to be like your description

I am the oldest child, with just one sibling. My traits are more that of the middle child. I am the diplomat, not just in my family but at work. I hate conflict. Of the oldest child traits, I really only feel that I am reliable and a psuedo list maker, more of one as an adult than as a kid.

I am the youngest, with two older brothers. I have always found birth order to be very interesting and feel like my brothers and I all fit the descriptions very well. I especially have many of the characteristics.

A good discussion you have started.Well i am the first child and think the qualities you listed here applies to me.May be overconfidence whatever i feel so!

I'm the first born and mine does apply to me except I love surprises. My youngest sister is just like me too. But my middle sister does not fit anywhere. She is horrible. Manipulative, back stabbing, has to be center of attention, has to have things her way. She's also a great actress if she want something out of somebody.she's just a mean person. And she's only 16.

I am the middle child.But I think I am fit with the fistchild in some degree.My sister is elder,but I like to protected her and my youunger brother.Lots of my friends are fit with the describe.

Hi - I'm the first of three girls in our family. I match these items for your First Child Description: reliable, conscientious, hard driving, serious, logical, don't like surprises. The Middle Daughter doesn't meet any of your description, but does meet several of the Youngest Child - manipulative, blames others, attention seeker, precocious along with some others that aren't mentioned. She has always been the problem child. The Youngest Daughter most matches your Middle child description: mediator, compromising, diplomatic, avoids conflict, independent, loyal to peers, has many friends. She will also end up being the care-taker for our parents when they are unable to care for themselves anymore. Thanks for the good question!

Maybe you don't believe me,most families have one or two children here,and the third child is not be allowed to be existed by law.I'm the second one,and my sister is 3 years older than me.But the word reliable and conscientious is fit for me.

I'm the only child in the family. I don't have any brothers or sisters. It is quite sad but I'm happy still because I have my dogs. They serve as my siblings already.

I am the youngest of 3 children .. lol I outgrew being manipulative or blaming others ... the others fit. The traits of first and second children only half fit my siblings.

i am the eldest with one sibling and i see that some characteristics mentioned here hold true as with my position in the family. well these characteristics i think is acquired for anyone as the eldest of the siblings because there is more pressure put on you. everyone is looking up on you then with you receiving those kind of pressures you tend to push hard on yourself so that's why characteristics as becoming someone who is perfectionist, reliable, conscientious, a list maker, well organized, a natural leader, critical, serious,scholarly, logical and for me i also do not like surprises. i do not know why but maybe my position in the family may have contributed to that factor.

Hi eseulhan, I'm a middle child and surprisingly match many of those traits and attributes, including independency, loyalty and friendliness. I've studied a bit of this during my psychology lessons. It seems that the first child always seems to be the child which the parents cherish, and attempt to 'perfect'. As the parents have more children, the less involved they get with the child's life. I guess it has some affect with the development of their personality.