Middle child!!!

United States
April 10, 2008 5:54pm CST
Does the middle child have the right to use being a middle child as an excuse? I'm the middle child of 5 kids and some times I feel that my parents treat me differtly... Whats your thoughts do the parents treat the middle child any differently? It said in a new clipping that the middle child does have the right to complain because they do get treated differently. I know in my life my parents admited to treating me different because I was the middle child why is that why do we get treated so differently? I feel that its because when the first kid comes along all the parents focus in on the fist child and then the middle child is born and the parents can't treat the middle child as good as the first child because its to hard and they can't just stop giving the first child all the focus because then they'll freak out... and then the last child is born and by that time the oldest child is old enough to take care of her self and is also old enough to help out with the youngest kid so the youngest also gets alot of the focus... thats just my thoughts though.... so why does the middle child get treated differently? Or do they?
1 response
• United States
10 Apr 08
I don't think being a middle child is a good excuse for things like bad behavior. It's sort of an arbitrary excuse in my opinion. If being the middle child was a good excuse for getting away with things then why wouldn't being the oldest child? or the youngest? how about being blond? or brunette? Some parents might treat their middle child differently, but really, we're all individuals and as such we're all going to be treated a bit differently. Some parents may treat the oldest child, or the boy child, or the girl child, or the good child, or the step-child, etc. differently.