Topages And Advantages Of Being A Middle Child

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Being The Middle Child
Having and older and younger sibling could be ups and downs. Most people think being a middle child is an advantage because, they have someone to look up to and someone to look up to them. Being the middle child has its advantages and disadvantages. I’m a middle child and for me it’s a disadvantage. Having an older and younger sibling but somehow always was the blame for something. Being someone for a younger sibling to look up to but making all the wrong decisions than being made out to be the problem child. There was always favoritism with the older and younger sibling. Being the middle child most parents lack at giving them the attention they need.
There’s so many disadvantages in being a middle child like getting
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Leaving the house and no one notice until you done came back and sometimes no still haven’t notice you left. That causes them to go out and find trouble or act out at home, the store and other places just to get some attention. Like talking out of term or to loud touching things and making them fall. Even though being looked over may seems like a good thing, it may have its benefit’s but it’s not a good thing. Being looked over gets to be overwhelming after sometime it’s like the only way to get your parents attention was to get in some kind of trouble and it’s just really a cry for some attention. Every child needs love and attention from their parents it’s just something the middle child has to seek …show more content…
The older sibling always feels like because he or she is older they have a personal maid. And the younger sibling is always looking for someone to do something for them. It’s amazing how it could be a house full and the middle child name always get called to do something like wash the dishes, fix your sibling some juice, go take out the trash, mop the floors, start the washer, folds the cloths. It’s just an ongoing to do list for the middle child. Older and younger siblings enjoy having someone to do everything for them. Fix they food, drinks and put away their cloths. I could tell you to do anything and momma would make you do it also said by Trophoisa Tanner. Don’t try to skip out on doing anything on the list that’s the one time being over looked comes in handy but it doesn’t happen. Believe it or not they middle sibling has most of the reasonability, expecially when the older sibling doesn’t play the role of the

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