Originally posted by cutepixie:
lets say there are 3 kids. how come the middle one is the least favoured one?
u mean me ar?

basically there is a 'first child syndrome', 'middle child syndrome', 'last child syndrome' from what i remember.
'first child syndrome'

will refer to the eldest child feels that parents are more tended towards favouring younger siblings, whenever children make mistakes the eldest child feels that he/she is being shelved with the blame.
'your didi and meimei hai xiao la!'
expected to live up to expectations...parents usually will have impossible aspiration for their first child, hope they become doctor or lawyer blah blah blah.
'last child syndrome'

gets away with everything... results not good is due to bro/sis nv teach properly... seldom get scolded as compared to elder siblings because parents are generally more experienced and tired/lazy...

feels that not given enough respect and freedom.. always a baby compared to other siblings.

being bullied lor.. i sabo my younger bro into running errands all the time, hahahaha.
'middle child syndrome'

seems to have a lot of research on this term

neither here nor there

both an elder sibling and younger sibling
among almost all my friends, one parent will dote on the eldest child, one parent will favour the younger child, therefore there is MCS. but of course la, there is always parents who are fair, and children who are too nonchalent to realised they were biased against, and some children who are too vocal and too sensitive (like me) so not very very accurate one la.
but my parents are really more worried abt my bros one. that is really true. if my they dont come home by a certain time they will start calling and calling. and will stay up until they returns.
if i am not home yet they go to sleep one lor. when i reach home all the lights are already off, all of them snoring away. i go into the room to take shower towel they also wont wake up one lor.
thanks a lot lor, saying i look very an quan right? and poor right? not a possible attack victim lor. hahahah
