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The middle child stereotype is that middle children receive less attention than both their older and younger siblings, resulting in them underperforming in seve
by olympus 9y ago
The middle child stereotype is that middle children receive less attention than both their older and younger siblings, resulting in them underperforming in several metrics. In three child families, the "best" child is first-born, the middle child gets ignored, and the third-born gets pampered.
Obviously this doesn't hold true for every family, and I'll acknowledge that this stereotype is may be less prevalent in cultures that tend towards small families (one or two kids).
- seszett 9y agoI see. I'm a single child though so there's little reason that I would have heard about that, but it does make sense. Also, it's quite possible that in France we talk even less about that, as people "being born equal" is a really important concept here.
- SolaceQuantum 9y agoFunnily enough in our family the youngest child is the best performing (so far, he’s still a teenager) follow d by the middle sibling, and then the eldest sibling is dead last in terms of performance in life in general.
- jschwartzi 9y agoMy experience as the youngest child is that neither of my parents wanted to repeat the "mistake" they made giving my brother resources and supporting him. So where my brother generally got things like cars and a college education, I got things like jobs and student loans.