What is good about being the middle child?
By sutan74
@sutan74 (1112)
Philippines
8 responses
@ScarletAlston (2693)
• United States
5 May 07
the only thing I know about middle children is that when it's time for one of the kids to get in trouble, usually the parents blame either the youngest or the oldest..so they pretty much get away with things and get overlooked
@ScarletAlston (2693)
• United States
5 May 07
well I said it because around here, I was the youngest and my middle brother was always the one who never got blamed and half the stuff that was done was done by him..my oldest brother was the one who got blamed because it was said that he should've told him not to do it..and I was blamed because I didn't tell my mother who did it..the other brothers wouldn't even say who did it..so when I said that, I kept in mind that everyone had different types of families..I think being the middle child would definitely suck though..I don't know any that had good experiences growing up...
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@cerium (691)
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5 May 07
Unfortunately, I am the middle child. There's absolutely nothing good about being the middle child :(
Although I think that it differs from one family (or even society) to another, speaking from my experience, there's no good for being the middle child. It's all about the attention, I felt kind of neglected after my younger brother was born. As for my elder brother, he received the most attentionbefore which shifted then to my younger brother. I felt like it was my turn to receive the attention, but they bypassed me :)
No hard feeling though, because the only positive effect that I can think of is that I became more independent from my parents. That's why if I was given the opportunity to choose, I would choose to be the middle one again!
@incisive (75)
• Pakistan
6 May 07
O YES I AM...mmm yeah sometimes...my sis is da eldest and bro da youngest..my parents sometimes have a bias attitude...they keep on tellin me that i'm suppose to respect ma sis she's DA BIG SISTER and should care for my brother and forgive him for his actions since he's young..so here i'm left.... trapped in the middle!
@amar_sandy1987 (1876)
• India
8 May 07
i m not a middle child y is their any problem being middle child
@raptorbyt (105)
• India
6 May 07
Iv bin the younger brother.never the middle.but being th middle wud be kul.u cud get all ur older stuff.n ur younger;s kiddie stuff.
@jenstcbt (52)
• Hong Kong
6 May 07
im the middle child of the 5 children in the family... in my case its quit hard because of our age gap... the 1st child is just one yr older to the second child. my elder sis is 6 yrs oldr than me and im 7 yrs older than my younger bro and the youngest is just 1 yr younger than the fourth...
the result is, the 1st and 2nd are more closer and so are the 4th and the youngest... and me, i'm not so closer to them that's why im so independent and kind of a loner. But i can say that being the middle makes me just strong as a person and live in my own way...
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
5 May 07
I am the older of the three of us. I have a younger brother and sister and they are twins. My brother is the middle child but only by a few minutes over my sister. I do not think there really is that much of a difference if you are the oldest, middle or youngest child. We all get along great and do not treat each other differently. The parents may hand down more responsibilities on the oldest child but other than that I do not feel there is anything bad about being a middle child.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
6 May 07
the middle child is a hard place to be in, because you have an older and a younger sibling, but if the other siblings happen to be lets say two boys and you are a girl that would give you an advantage, or the other way around you are the only boy.
they say middle children are always pushed in the background but I don't think it has to be that way.
I was the oldest but I didn't live with my sisters, so I felt like I missed out too.
