Middle Child Syndrome

I had two boys, no middle to deal with. However, I am a middle child and so is my husband. we are both well adjusted. there is no feeling of competition or inferiority with us as related to the middle child syndrome. I think that parents who love their children will show all of them love, and will recognize when their child is struggling with something. I truly believe that we all are products of our childhood environments. How our parents acted, spoke, responded to situations etc made our basic personalities. That's not to say that if one, as an adult has a shortcoming, they should blame their parents and do nothing. I mean starting out, our basics come from our childhood and that environment.

I'm a psych major and yes, I've heard of it before. It's essentially the complex where the middle child feels inferior to both older and younger siblings. They were never usually the first to do anything and get praised for it...that's taken by older brother/sister. And they don't get as much attention as the baby brother/sister. So they're kind of just stuck in the middle and try to overcompensate in areas of their life to make them feel more worth while. It's not to say there is anything wrong with you son, though!

I went to college for Education and learned all about the middle child syndrome. When I had my 3rd child, I didn't want my middle child to be the "middle child" and be left out, so I decided to be very attentative to him. Now if you ask my other children, they say that my middle child was always my favorite.

I have two children so no-middle child. I did wonder why though when my first started school, they wanted to know which position in the family he was. I realised afterwards that it does have an influence on them especially at this young stage in life. He was our first to do everything whereas our daughter had already spent two years being dragged to school twice a day for him before she ever got to attend herself.