What are the advantages and disadvantages in your opinon of?

Question

being the youngest, eldest, middle or only child?

Answer 1

I am the oldest. And now, I don't mind it so much, but when I was younger my parents made rules for me then realized I could've handled certain things at younger ages and the rules weren't in place for my younger brother. There were also a lot of double standards. (Perhaps because I'm a girl.)

Answer 2

Youngest girl here. (One younger brother) I am child #5 of 6.

Disadvantages:
As youngest, I got blamed for things I never did because my older siblings had done those things when THEY were teenagers--parental assumptions. Older siblings jealous. By the time I was born, no "gleam" left in my parents eyes about kids. Hand-me-downs. By the time I did ANYTHING--get married, have a kid of my own, there was very little excitement from my folks about these kind of things. Older siblings trying to play boss all the time.

Advantages: When the oldest ones got married, I finally got to have my own room--my own tv. Watching them screw-up and then not having to screw-up myself. Of course, it would have been a disadvantage if I had followed their bad-role modeling--it wasn't ALL bad, but they were not perfect role-models. Having an older sibling look out for me--my middle sister has always been good at this.

From being a parent of an ONLY for 9 years:
Advantages: Parents all to yourself, spoiled, everything to yourself and no fighting.
Disadvantages: No one to play with at home, talk to, etc. Having to depend on Mom or Dad--adults for conversations inside the home.

Answer 3

Disadvantages:
Being the oldest, u will be expected to be more emotionally-mature than your younger sibling, naturally. But sometimes, things dun just happen that way. Age does not guarantee that. ;P

Being the oldest, you may have to give up pursuing a higher educational level should your parents have financial problems and you are to go out to work to support younger siblings.

Having to be tutor for younger siblings if you are doing relatively well in your studies or your parents are thinking of saving money on hiring a professional tutor.

You may have to baby-sit your younger siblings instead of having fun with friends out there. You may have more housework to do while the younger ones are more pampered and asked to concentrate on studying instead.

Better quality food may be reserved for younger siblings instead cos they are supposed to be at the "growing stage" and needs the nutrients more than you. ;)

With traditional parents, the eldest may be expected to marry the earliest, so if you are not, you may get naggings not just from parents, but also from "well-meaning" relatives!

Advantages:
Younger siblings may look up to you as their idol or role-model and ask you for your precious advice. They may bribe you with yummy stuff to prevent you from exposing their silly deeds.

You'll have more baby photos taken compared to younger siblings. First-time parents usually snap lotsa pics of their first-born, pics of you pooing, eating, sleeping, making funny faces, standing, sitting, whatsover! However, this does not apply if cameras were not so advanced compared to when your younger siblings were born. Then this advantage becomes your younger sibling's instead!

As eldest, there are less people nagging at you abt your latest punk boyfriend, except your parents. Your young siblings probably think he is cool as well.

You'll probably get your driving license sooner and the younger ones can simply drool! That's the best part!

Answer 4

I'm the elder sister of one brother, and there are neither advantages nor disadvantages for me. We're all grown up now, but looking back, I never felt advantaged or disadvantaged. Perhaps it's because I'm a girl and he's a boy, so there was never really a competition.

Answer 5

im an only child....advantage ...no fights in the family for the car
disadvantage....when something is broken ....cant blame anybody else....im 39 now and im happy...but i think a brother or sister would have been nice

Answer 6

I am the middle child..

PROS:
Learned to separate fights between my siblings. Having a younger sibling to pick on :-]

CONS:
being picked on by older sibling..rrrgg

Answer 7

being a middle child i certianly learned to compromise

Answer 8

i am only child
you do not have brother/sister to play with
that's it...