Birth Order
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- Mom, can I ask you some questions about your birth position in your family?
- Sure!There were three children in my family and I was the middle child.
- What do you think are the advantages of being the middle child?
- I was a great negotiator between my siblings and I had a good relationship with them. I was often called a peacekeeper. This is why it was easy for me to have a bunch of friends too.
- Some other advantages of being the middle child are that I was super flexible and creative because I had to adjust to the changing situations and teach myself how to engage in any task on my own. I was also more independent because my parents’ attention was shifted to my younger sister.
- So, as a middle child you were a peacemaker, good friend, diplomatic, and social.
- Are there any disadvantages of your birth position?
- I felt that I was somewhere in between and I also felt that I was lacking my role in the family.
- So it looks like you tried to fit in with everybody in your family, doesn't it?
- I felt like my needs and wants were ignored. My brother was a great student and our parents had high expectations for him. My sister was a baby and she gained most of my parents' attention. I thought I was not valued.
- Do you think that birth order position affects our life in adulthood?
- I think that there are some other important factors that shape our personality and who we are, like values and beliefs, but disadvantages of my birth position gave me the opportunity to boost my independence and confidence that served me well later in life.
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