Middle Child Problems

Jan 2012, My brother & I

On the 19^th May 2000 my parents welcomed the cutest baby boy in the world. Honestly, I have yet to see a baby cuter than my little brother!

 All was hunky dory except for one little factor! Nobody had told me about it! Yes! My mother was pregnant for nine months! NINE MONTHS (as is usually the case with these things)! And I had no idea! Everybody knew except for me! Aunts, uncles and grandparents included. How messed up is my family? How did I eventually find out? My grandfather came to pick me up from a hockey match and whisked me off to hospital to meet my new brother! Yup! True story!

Now I have never discussed this little big issue with my parents but I suspect that after 12 years of being the last born, my parents could not bring themselves to sit me down and make me realise that this title would soon be stripped away from me! I was officially about to earn the dreaded middle child title!

After having read my blog, someone told me that I reflected characteristics of the middle child. Obviously my response was very defensive because when you think middle child, you automatically think middle child syndrome, you think longing for a sense of belonging, feeling neglected, invisible blah blah blah…So in efforts to prove myself normal I went and did my research on birth orders and I came across this test (see link below if you also wish to take it) which I took to prove wrong, only for the results to come back as positive. I am the middle child through and through.

They say everybody on the internet is an expert these days but I would just like to put it out there that I am nowhere near being  one, I merely put together findings from some articles I came across, written by real experts.

From my research I found out how your birth order translates to behaviours in the work place.

(Main source: http://www.nfib.com/business-resources/business-resources-item?cmsid=33417  )

First Borns are likely to embody the following characteristics:

·         Practical

·         Confident

·         Able to delegate

·         Able to make rapid decisions

·         Possess the desire to win or excel

·         May be intolerant of those who do not work at 100 percent capacity

·         Overly cautious and avoid risks, hindering career advancement

You are mostly likely to find first borns in the fields of business, law, medicine and finance.

Middle Born

·         Team players

·         Creative

·         Good peacemakers and coordinators

·         Ok with working for work’s sake

Dominant in the fields of the arts, music and writing

Last Born

·         Creative

·         Spontaneous

·         Team players

·         Know how to use every trick in the book to get ahead

Last borns often make good entrepreneurs

Only Child.

·         Perfectionist

·         Practical

·         Highly self-motivated

·         Work better individually

Only children are mostly likely to excel in any career from the arts to business to medicine

Any of these accurately describe you in the group you fall under?

Birth order test: http://www.parents.com/parents/quiz.jsp?quizId=/templatedata/ab/quiz/data/BirthOrderQuiz_03052004.xml