In my family I am the middle child. How about you?
I was the first born in my household growing up, but if I count my half brothers and sisters, I'm the middle.
I was counting half siblings, I have an older half brother and a younger sister. How many siblings do you have?
I have 4 brothers and 2 sisters, but I don't talk to 1 brother and 1 sister. I've never even met those 2.
Wow thats a lot of siblings. My half brother and I dont speak often but we do speak. Why haven't you met some of your siblings?
, and this loss of perceived privilege and primacy may have a lasting influence on them. Middle children may feel ignored or overlooked, causing them to develop the so-called middle child syndrome. Younger and only children may be pampered and spoiled, which was suggested to affect their later personalities. All of this assumes what Adler believed to be a typical family situation, e.g., a nuclear family living apart from the extended family, without the children being orphaned, with average spacing between births, without twins and other multiples,
as a child. Zand was brought up in a single parent household by his mother, learning Persian before English. About his family background Zand has said, "My family situation seems like a soap opera. I grew up with my mom and sister, whom I love dearly. Recently I tried to reach out to my father and my other half-siblings but was turned away. It's probably one of the most hurtful things I've had to deal with." Zand is descended from the Zand dynasty on his