Is there such thing as middle child syndrome?

Question

I'm a middle child and I don't know if that has any real meaning to the way I act. My brother and sister are so much alike and then theres me. The outcast. My brother is 2 yrs older than me and my sister is 15 years younger. My parents had her when I was 15..(the worse time to have a baby) So, could this be why I'm so different?

Answer 1

I do believe there is a middle child syndrome. There are three of us girls and I am the oldest(leader/ take cahrge), Jess is the middle (care free,loner) then Lauren the baby(17 years younger than me) she gets away with lot and she is very selfish.

Here is an article I looked up:

Is there such a thing called - "The Middle Child Syndrome"?

Middle children share the advantages of both the older siblings as well as the younger ones. They often become good mediators and negotiators. Gautam Sengupta is the middle child. He says, "I really enjoyed being the middle sibling. I wasn't the oldest, so I didn't have to live up to any expectations. I wasn't the youngest, so I wasn't bullied as much. I think I had the best of both worlds."
Middle children often feel that they are neither here nor there. In their view, the roles of the older and younger siblings are more clearly defined. They may also feel cheated of parental attention that is given to the first-born achiever and the dependent youngest child. Some psychologists have given this condition a name - they call it "the middle-child syndrome".

Answer 2

Honey!
Experiences do impact on our Personalities and having an effect on how we see things. It would have been very embarrassing if nothing else at 15 for your Mum to be pregnant. But do you know what you'd have gotten over it ages ago as you matured.
Each position a child has in the family does impact on how they view Life and deal with things.From relationships, Careers, so much more.
The Middle sibling is able to communicate , and compromise better with others. Isn't required to prove how he can excel in things like an Older or only child. As much is expected of them. Middle children have a wider field to check out. Younger children no matter how old are the Baby. They act more immature and don't always accept Authority etc.Don't always achieve as much as a Middle child. Wants people to take care of them more.
So I say be very thankful that you are a MIddle child. As for your siblings being similar that could be due to their Birth dates or Birth year.They may be same or overlapping or their Moon sign is same as either one sun sign or moon sign.ie. both born in Leo or Leo/ virgo
or. Sun sign different ie pisces, Leo and Moon sign both Aries. or Moon sign Leo and other Aries. I hope that's not too confusing.
I will say it has nothing to do with you being a Middle child, or that your Mum had a child when you were 15. for being the reason your different to your siblings.
Ciao Lynda

Answer 3

For it to be seen to be a syndrome there could ought to be some indicators. make a itemizing of the indications which you think of you get from being the midsection baby, ask your sisters to make an analogous checklist for being the 1st and the final baby and then analyze notes. i think of which you will locate which you're all alike and consequently, there is not any such situation as midsection baby syndrome. only look at it such as you're in a sandwich, your sisters ought to be bread, yet you need to be something you pick!

Answer 4

I definitely think there is one. In the parents eyes the baby is always going to be special because that was there last and the oldest because of the whole first born thing. My advice is to be your self but also find a way to set your self apart from the other two. Find something your good at and embrace it. Just never try to compete with your Sib's because it's unhealthy. Try to become closer with your Sib's.

Answer 5

Yes there is..The older and younger get more attention and poor you get short changed. I sucks, but do your best..I love my middle daughter the best..She's the most loving of the three.

Answer 6

i believe so, i'm a middle child also.
first child is pampered because they are the First.
the last child is pampered because they are the baby.
middle child gets ???

Answer 7

yea it is but talk 2 ur friends about it
it will get better

Answer 8

I can't help you I was a 1st born