What's your birth order?

yes,birth order plays very important role in creating our personality.As in most families,u will find that the eldest one is most responsible among all.Like u,i am also the youngest in my family.Being youngest in a family has both its pros and cons. At the positive side,we are always provided with more love and attention.WE easily get the those things for which our elders had to make a lot of struggle. We get their knowledge,experience and money to grow in our life.At the best,we are benefited to do so many things we want to do while elders can't always due to so many family responsibilities. On the negative side,We are always treated like a child. Our decisions are not respected. Our elders impose their decision on us. We have to listen to our elders so many times we don't want to. We are also assigned with dirty works. Pyscologicaly,youngest children can develop excessive attention seeking attitude at later stage of their life.

hi AG! i'm the seventh of 8 siblings (5 women and 3 men), the youngest of the women too. i only have my youngest brother as the only one younger than i am, and kinda sandwiched between an older and a younger brother separated each by 4 years. i took on responsibilities early on in life as i am an independent soul. i do have respect for elders but they deemed me matured for my age even if i'm technically the youngest amongst the sisters. i've been used to being in charge for so long that when it comes to family concerns, i'm one of the key decision-makers and planners, since i'm one of those who have a stronger and firmer personality than most of my older siblings. and i'm the type that my siblings' children listen to. advantage... i developed a stronger heart and a sounder mind. disadvantage... i was never treated as a child even when i was one. but it's not relational to the birth order at all, at least in my experience. some people just mature responsibly earlier in life than others, even if it's the same fruit of the same tree. have a great day AG!

I was number 2 of 6. I was taking care of my two youngest sisters (I was 6 and 7 when they were born). I really enjoyed taking care of my baby sister and it wasn't until I was older that I couldn't handle being around kids any more. For some reason, I tried to take after my older brother when I was ready to go to college, but not when I was younger.

This is an interesting topic. I'm interested in your question of whether "birth order greatly affects the resultant personality of an individual." I think that it does to some extent. I am an only child. I stay to myself a lot, and I'm quiet. I sometimes feel if I had a brother or sister I would maybe be a little more outgoing. I know other only children who are very outgoing though so birth order isn't the only thing to affect personality. I think if you have a big family or a lot of friends growing up then an only child could be very outgoing. My friend is one of three children. She's the oldest, and she has two younger brothers that came after her. Before the youngest was born her second brother was the youngest. He always got what he wanted. He was spoiled. When my friend wanted a doll that just cost around $2 her father told her no, yet he bought his son a fire truck that was over $30. I can't remember the exact price. I don't know if that was because he was the youngest or because he was a boy though. Now he's the middle child and the family is having a lot of problems with him, and the youngest is also spoiled from what I hear and misbehaves sometimes. I understand that many youngest children are given the dirty work lol. Sometimes kids are more willing to do it, or they may not be but the older kids think that they can outsmart them into doing it. While you feel like them not giving you responsibility is a lost opportunity, I think that you probably did learn some things through observation from them. Sometimes people don't need to experience something themselves in order to learn from it. Then again sometimes they do.

Hello Ag, We are four brothers and i am the second to the eldest one. But i feel advantage of being elder to 2 young brothers as i can always ask them for some work if i am tired.They always take up more work when comes to house hold work.I don't see any disadvantage in it.

I am the eldest one of my family..I have a sister who is pretty helpful and caring.. At times i am jealous of her as she gets more care from my parents.. But i do make up for it with the bullying part :XD .. Yeah being the eldest,my parent think i should share most of the responsibilities but i am kinda slow at stuff and my sister does it better than me... So there is not much that i gain or lose being the eldest once of my family.. But happy to have a loving and caring family..

I'm the youngest of 5 brothers. I guess it means I was over-protected when I was younger (older brothers can be mean) but I don't think it's made a huge difference. Thankfully my parents treated us all very equally: we're all just as silly as each other! The one BIG advantage of being last is that, as the baby of the family, I will always have a certain amount of self-confidence that the others will never have. It just goes with being the youngest. I don't really know why, it's just one of those universal truths.

Hi AG! I am the 7 of 8 siblings. I am 6 years older than my sister so I have ever feel became the youngest for that 6 years..(^^)I admit that even I always have fights with my sister when we were young but we know that we are actually love each other. Since I am the only one who have close age than the other sibling so she finds it is easy to talk with me. All the memories back in our young age time, we both treasured as our sweet memories.(^^)

Actually me is the eldest among four siblings of my parents that why almost the responsibilities have been putted in my head. Even the welfare of my brother and sisters when they went to Manila all are in my shoulder. But now I'm very proud because I've seen the result of my sacrifices.

hi AG, I am the youngest in the family I only have one sister I can't considered myself as a spoiled brat But with my cousins and uncles I am bit spoiled I always wanted to have a big family but there will always be an advantages of having small or big family happy mylotting

Top and last in the family, single except for parents nudging you for all things with their whole attention on you, nothing is bad. Mostly such people from my category will be either like more jovial or exact opposite. Being the first in the family is the worst case of all in some cases sacrifices would be more and they would be the more respectable too // SOME CASES I believe in certain countries its the first born's responsibility to take care of their younger ones and their family, that they mostly devote their life to it

hello there agent gulaman. I like your username. :) I am the eldest in the brood of five. There are more advantages than disadvantages being the eldest in my case. I always got the first in terms of things. When there are new things, I was always the one who is thought by parentsd to have first. :)

For me,as i'm (the 2nd batch of kids) am next to the oldest and I have 2 younger brothers and 4 younger sisters. My mom was a pretty busy woman when she was younger and she was a HOTTIE! I only corespond to one sister cuz we happen to share the same birthday(9/1) but my mom has yet to find her other kids. with that being said in all total i am the 7th child if u wanna get technicle! I had to practicly raise them myself but I didn't mind. Sure it was A HUGE responsibility to put on a little girl but i did it because i figured who else is gonna do this? mu mother couldnt she was out looking for a job so she could put bread on our table.

Hello i am the youngest in my family.I really use the advantage of it!!I can get more experience of life better than them..It is because i can understand the mistakes that they have made in their life..So i will try not to do those mistakes when i reach their age!!I really do not want to make mistakes!!!

Hi, I am the eldest among my sister and brother. Our age gap is 5 years hence, I grew up where my parents really focus on my needs. But as soon as my sister and brother were born I feel complete because now I have siblings and playmate already. Being an eldest of the family has lots of responsibilities. Not only that, among cousins I am also the eldest hence a lot of youngsters are calling their elder sister. Well I am used to it and I like it.

Hi agent! I am an only child in the family, but I am not a spoiled brat as well. My parents are not rich, we only live in an average level of society here in the Philippines. My mom is a teacher and Dad was taking care of a coconut farm. My Mom taught me the chores, and I was trained to be independent at an early age. Because we live in a country before, and school was far, I stayed with my Aunt in the city when I was grade 4 and since then I can easily adapt to a various environment. I am lucky to have my Aunt and my Mom in tandem to take me to where I am now..Thanks to them!

I am the eldest in the family. I have five brothers and a sister. Being the eldest you mature faster than your siblings. You are left in command when your parents decide on an out-of-town trip. For short you are tasked to look after everyone and at times stand up for everyone.

I am the eldest among two brothers and I can see some advantages and disadvantages on it. As an advantage, I can be a "boss" to my younger brother hehe! Also, I get to join in the house's decision making that easy for I am considered mature enough (maybe?haha!). As a disadvantage, I need to help in the financial problem of the family. I am also expected to help my brother finish his studies. Still, I am not complaining with my birth order. :)

I'm an only child so I guess I'm as spoiled as they come but my parents tried to prevent that by sending me to go to school in some other place for my high school. Basically, I was living alone already since I was 12 or 13 years old, may dad would only visit me on the weekends and they would just send me my allowance for the week. I'm very independent emotionally but I still depend on my parents on some monetary expenses. I think it was not a good upbringing but I dont blame my parents for that.

Hi AgentGulaman! I think your post is quite interesting. I am the third child a brood of four. There are two girls and two boys in our family. I have an elder brother and an elder sister and our youngest is also a boy. I don't know how our parents did it but there is a 4-year age difference between us siblings. Our eldest was born in 1963, the second was born 1967, I was born in 1971 and our youngest in 1976. I find it fortunate that to be a middle child because I play the role of a younger sister to my two siblings and an elder sister to our youngest. My elder siblings helped me with my homework and assignments while I also helped my younger brother. In the process I learned to share and be grateful for the ones that I received. I am blessed to have brothers and a sister who are generous, thoughtful and sharing. And I know that because of this experiences, I learned the values of sharing and caring for others.