Recent questions tagged family dynamics

Description : Is it more advantageous being eldest or youngest in the family?

Last Answer : For me it is more advantageous being the eldest, because if I were the youngest then I would be in someone else’s family, and I’m far too old to learn an entirely new pecking order.

Description : Why are parents more protective of their older children, but they give the youngest child more freedom?

Last Answer : The more kids you have the less time you have to supervise every moment of each child's time. It happened with me. I was so careful about what my baby ate, etc. By the third kid, as long ... 5 children 9 and under, it was more about survival than anything else. Literally. And that lasted for years.

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