The Truth About Birth Order
Why being stuck in the middle might not be so bad after all
I don’t know what it’s like to be a middle child (since I am an only). But my son Kieper does. He is sandwiched in between two brothers, two years in both directions.
My husband and I knew we would be moving from one-on-one to zone-defense parenting when we agreed to go for a third child. We also made a pact with each other that we would absolutely, positively not let our middle child slide into forgotten land.
That was until we hit the demands of real life that suddenly included a needy newborn and an older son with a busy extracurricular and sports schedule.
And, then there was Kieper, who went from sweet and easy to unpredictable and oppositional overnight. What had we done to him? Giving him another sibling seemed like such a good idea at the time.
My husband describes going from two to three kids as skiing way too fast downhill—as if you could wipe out at any minute.
I describe it as guilt times three.
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Article by Dallas Child Magazine
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