First , second , middle or last?

@krupesh (2608)
India
September 15, 2010 3:09am CST
Are you the only child? or the second one...the middle one or the last one?How have you influenced or have been influenced by your family? I am the last one & have been looked as a baby in my family.Financially as well as the caring for me has been great from my family.How about you?
21 responses
@vandana7 (100297)
• India
15 Sep 10
I am the first as well as last. :) If you mean extended family, it has not been good. Immediate family too has been difficult to manage. :) I didnt enjoy my role. :( I wish my mom had done hers, and me mine. :) Then I would have got to be a child. As things stand, dad gets to play the child, and spoil things for me.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
15 Sep 10
sorry to hear that but usually people who are the only child are cared , loved & being given what they want in life.
@vandana7 (100297)
• India
15 Sep 10
I get love and care from outsiders. Inside home it is papa who is my child. :( At times though he is angelic. :)
@krupesh (2608)
• India
15 Sep 10
nice to hear that you are the one who is taking care of the CHILD
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 10
#1... Unfortunately, that means that a lot of the cooking and things fell upon me when my parents weren't around. But at least I learned to cook. :D
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
I am second to the eldest and i must say my parents are really great for giving us equal attention , love, care and anything that a child could ask.
@Ramaditya (1227)
• Indonesia
15 Sep 10
I am the first from two. I've got one younger brother. Well, no special influence that I receive, but staying in the position as "the first flag" makes me be more responsible and tougher, because I am considered to be the second leader after my parents, and my younger brother will look upon me and follow my step.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
15 Sep 10
..and with the added responsibility of looking after your parents when they become old...good luck
@yeyelee (370)
• China
15 Sep 10
I have a younger brother.I still remember that when i was young,my parents gave all their love to my brother.The result turns out to be that my brother was spoiled and could do nothing except playing computer games.Fortunatly,he now realizes this and is trying his best to change.As an elder son,i should endure bigger pressure,support my parents and assist my brother,'coz our family is so poor that it just could come out one university student.So...my responsibility is huge.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
15 Sep 10
Yes it happens.It was the same case with me.I was given all the love & affection & used that advantage to get spoiled.I did not take things seriously the meaning of life as I was always supported by my family when in bad times.But I learnt the lessons of life early & I am happy with my life now.
@ergfortes (516)
• Philippines
15 Sep 10
i am the eldest child and the only girl. So that makes me first. Being the eldest takes much responsibility especially that my mom joined God in heaven early. I'm now working for my family. I am supporting my brother's education and i serve as their role model so everything is being watched that's why i need to be do good so they good as well.
@krupesh (2608)
• India
15 Sep 10
Yes being the eldest makes the job tougher.You have to be always good as the younger children always look upto you.It becomes even more difficult when the parents are not around.You also have to look after the household as you are the eldest.Hope you do good & wish you all the best.
19 Sep 10
im the last were 7,honestly is feels better when someone treating u like a baby it fells good to me but when i grow up everything change maybe its bcoz i i'm matured,everything about me is i decide only sometimes i follw them but not the rest i always want to alone if i choose to have someone to talk to i wish my friend i most happy with them,what do you think of me tell me if i selfish,tenks
@Lore2009 (7378)
• United States
16 Sep 10
I am the second child. I think i learned a lot from watching my sister. I think I've got a little mischievous from this... and watched her mistakes and learned ways to stay out of trouble from the parents.
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
17 Sep 10
I am the oldest of two. My sister is six years younger than me so we had vastly different childhoods. When I was growing up, I had a lot more freedom and was allowed to roam all over the town from a very young age and as a teenager was able to go on my own into the capital city for the whole day regularly. My parents were more protective of my sister, but maybe just because she is a female. My father was also working most of the time when I was growing up, so we did not become close. He was not around much for me, but he was more for my sister by the time she came through. I think he was over working himself to the bone by then. My sister was given more financially than me. I left school at 15 and started working, so I became very independent and saved up for everything that I ever bought. I also had to pay my parents rent money to live with them when I started work. She on the other hand stayed at school into her twenties doing degrees so she was given a car and allowed to live at home rent free for years. I moved away form my family as I became independent and she still lives close to them taking advantage of free babysitting these days. I feel that I have had it harder financially than her, but then I think I had a greater childhood in some ways, but not in others. We have had it completely different and probably will always.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
For me first child in the family so I would be handle for the responsibility as well so tired but happy.
@acey76 (1276)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
Im the only child of the family...... blessed with my father and mom's generosity and kindness.....since im the only child but i have greater responsibilities at my shoulders.... compared to those who have siblings .it may be rewarding since your the only child but there are points in your life that you wished you have other siblings to share your challenges and blessings
@deve_annrn (1856)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
I have been the eldest child out of seven children.., =) I tell you.., there are also benefits being the eldest same as the youngest.., yet the responsibilities may differ big time..=)
@Y4nkT33 (31)
• Malaysia
16 Sep 10
I'm the second and the last. But My parent spoiled me until 12 years old. After that I learned to make decision for my life. Learn to be independent. I was living away from them. But I still felt their love, they always be there whenever I need them.
16 Sep 10
i am same wit you, the last one. i have two sisters. sometimes they spoil me but not only
@asyria51 (2861)
• United States
16 Sep 10
I am the oldest of two. I have a love hate relationship with my sibling. I am definitely the more mature, well rounded, stable of the two of us. I look out for him.
• India
15 Sep 10
I’m an only child and have had a very lonely childhood. both my parents were working and I had to spend the hours alone at home… my mom was perennially scared of kidnapers (cant blame her really) so she wont let me go out alone. She was also very strict and protective (more than necessary I think… in fact, she stifled me with her attention)…otherwise there was never any want of things in our house. One thing I feel is that most people think that single kids are selfish as they don’t have the opportunity of sharing with siblings…however, I’ve always felt that just coz I was an only child, I could enjoy everything alone from a very early age and hence I could easily give away my things…. I’m still like that, not possessive at all about my things.
• United States
15 Sep 10
I'm the first child. When I was growing up, it was annoying being the oldest because I was responsible for everything. If my brother broke something it was my fault, if he jumps on the bed I get yelled at and the oldest child was also responsible for doing laundry and the dishes. Yet now that I'm in college, it seems like it's actually paying off to be the responsible since my mother trusts me to take care of myself.
@Jae2619 (1483)
• United States
15 Sep 10
I am the baby of 6. Though, in my family it was almost like having two totally different families with in one set of kids. My older siblings are 24, 22, and 18, 16 and 6 years older than me. It was odd when I was in school and we had concerts and such, and my sisters and brothers come to see them, they had wifes and children of their own. Today, being a mother, I seem to stand up for our baby child. Though, I know she can hold her own, me being the baby and getting picked on, makes me wanna do it for her.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
15 Sep 10
I am stuck somewhere between being the middle and youngest child. I have one older sister, and one (much) younger half-sister (same mother, different father - from a different marraige/situation). I don't feel like I hold up any of the stereotypes that the "baby" often does, or middle child for that matter. I'm not starved for attention, reasonably well-behaved (when I was a kid AND now lol), and both of my parents don't hold me to a more LAX standard than my older sister (I actually feel like it's the opposite way around, but that's just my opinion). Haha.
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
15 Sep 10
I was the last baby born in my family.. i was suposed to have have a new baby brother or sister but my mom had a miscarriage after me :( and i always felt like becasue of it something was missing in my life.. almost like a sister misses her twin.. i did not feel complete i love my family and they tred to teach me goood values and write from wrong but i had to learn alot of it the hard way.. i was very stubborn , but quite and shy. as a child in school i was almost non socialbe i had my group of friends and that was about it.. until i met a popualr girl and her family and with me meeting her i got the lessons my family was trying to tell me thur her parents who i loved dearly i loved mine two but. we did not hsave as much as this girl did i will call her candy.. and i loved candy and her family like my own and her sister and me were like sisters too, but along the way we were seperated after school we went different directions and took different paths. and althoug i had good intentions my path was very rocky. but i learned the greatest lessons in life and im still learning today from my past.. sow and do good seed and you will have less weeds in your garden.. :)
• Philippines
15 Sep 10
Hi! I am second in our family. I can say our parents is fair enough to give me and my siblings good education. But there is always one favourite, the youngest and the only son like you. I think its because my father believes the son will carry his surname.