I am the most middling of middle children—the middle of 5 and the middle of 3. That is, middle of 3 close in age & 5 overall. My oldest & youngest sisters are both far away in age (17 & 10 years), whereas I'm the second of 3 kids born within 4 years.
The article (click on the caption to learn more about how wonderful we middles are) points out that with so many families now having just 1 or 2 kids, middle children are an endangered species. Not entirely—some 12% of women in their 40s have 4 or more kids.
Most of my friends are oldest, youngest, or only. Why is that, I wonder.
And although it has nothing to do with birth order, I want to say how much I still miss my oldest sister, who died in 2002. Three seems like the right, the joyously stuffed number of sisters.
The article (click on the caption to learn more about how wonderful we middles are) points out that with so many families now having just 1 or 2 kids, middle children are an endangered species. Not entirely—some 12% of women in their 40s have 4 or more kids.
Most of my friends are oldest, youngest, or only. Why is that, I wonder.
And although it has nothing to do with birth order, I want to say how much I still miss my oldest sister, who died in 2002. Three seems like the right, the joyously stuffed number of sisters.