Throughout this semester as we all collectively learn the sociological theories of our
families that help shape who we are and how we present ourselves as student professionals to
world, it’s now easier than ever to analyze that relationship even further in order to hopefully fix
the problems we may have or have had growing up. To use what we’ve learned this and apply
them proactively in a way that we can answer some of the personal questions we’ve always had,
but couldn’t really dictate them eloquently — like birth order. As a middle child of three from the
Dominican Republic growing up in Brooklyn, I’ve always felt like an outsider alongside my
older sister and younger brother and this research paper sheds light on the …show more content…
The first article of my research on the birth order of middle children described the
struggle upbringing in a metaphorical comparison in which I’ve always agreed with being …show more content…
The middle child reacts by acting out as a “rebel”₃. Although I am a
rebel to my family, my youngest brother can be more of one than me. The above citation does
not accurately describe my experiences, although she’s spot on with most of her research
describing my sister as our leader. It’s important to take gender into account for my personal
narrative of birth order analysis as I researched the sociology and psychology behind it because I
believe gender birth order is a world I’m a lot more interested in researching. I challenged some
of the key points Colleen had because of how opposite some of her points were to my
experiences, although her article provided an immense amount of clarity on this subject. I believe
the very minor conflicts between her theories and my personal experience stems from my
family’s perception of birth order more psychological than sociological. Colleen explains
“psychological birth order is generally defined as the way a person perceives and interprets his
position in the family”₄. Instead of seeking and validating an identity role within your family,
families that help shape who we are and how we present ourselves as student professionals to
world, it’s now easier than ever to analyze that relationship even further in order to hopefully fix
the problems we may have or have had growing up. To use what we’ve learned this and apply
them proactively in a way that we can answer some of the personal questions we’ve always had,
but couldn’t really dictate them eloquently — like birth order. As a middle child of three from the
Dominican Republic growing up in Brooklyn, I’ve always felt like an outsider alongside my
older sister and younger brother and this research paper sheds light on the …show more content…
The first article of my research on the birth order of middle children described the
struggle upbringing in a metaphorical comparison in which I’ve always agreed with being …show more content…
The middle child reacts by acting out as a “rebel”₃. Although I am a
rebel to my family, my youngest brother can be more of one than me. The above citation does
not accurately describe my experiences, although she’s spot on with most of her research
describing my sister as our leader. It’s important to take gender into account for my personal
narrative of birth order analysis as I researched the sociology and psychology behind it because I
believe gender birth order is a world I’m a lot more interested in researching. I challenged some
of the key points Colleen had because of how opposite some of her points were to my
experiences, although her article provided an immense amount of clarity on this subject. I believe
the very minor conflicts between her theories and my personal experience stems from my
family’s perception of birth order more psychological than sociological. Colleen explains
“psychological birth order is generally defined as the way a person perceives and interprets his
position in the family”₄. Instead of seeking and validating an identity role within your family,