Top Ten Worst Things About Being the Middle Child

I myself am the middle child of 5 kids. It can get tough, but we need to hang in there. Maybe others can relate to this list.
The Top Ten
1 The lack of attention from your parents

Attention goes to the youngest because they're the baby, the last child your parents are going to have. Attention goes to the oldest because they will be starting their own life soon and were the first child your parents had. And you? You're just in your room eating chips and binge watching The Walking Dead for the past ten days. And you're parents? Maybe having dinner with the rest of the family.

Yes it really does being the middle child is actually one of the worst my mum keeps telling me that she loves all three of us the same and she has no favourites but I can so tell that she is lying to me I know she loves my older sister more. And ever since she has left for university the lack of attention I get from her is quite low and the only things we talk about is how my day was at school what I've been learning so and so on.but I love my older sister to bits she is such an amazing person and always a great laugh

2 You can never win a sibling fight

According to your parents, you always have to obey the eldest and be super nice to the youngest, without any regard for whether or not you're making the most rational argument. The eldest sibling may be overly bossy, and the youngest may be overly spoiled, but at the end of the day, you still have to consider it a lost fight because the sibling with the parents on their side is automatically the winner. In case you haven't noticed, your parents are never on your team.

I always win a sibling fight. That's not exaggerating because I don't have siblings. I don't win every family fight though but I know one thing. I want a brother or sister.

3 Hand-me-downs

True! I'm a middle child with a big sibling and a little sibling, so I have two other siblings. My mum gives my big sister a new iPhone, but I only get the outdated hand-me-down iPhone. I can't get most apps because my new hand-me-down iPhone is outdated and no longer supported by Apple. But I'm still grateful for it because some kids can't afford an iPhone at all. (I can play Tiny Tower and browse the internet, but not watch YouTube). And since I get the hand-me-downs, and since my sister and I are girls, I get all her clothes and stuff, and so my little brother is the only boy, so he gets new everything. But I have lots of little cousins (I'm the third oldest cousin out of nine cousins on my mum's side), and I send my hand-me-downs to them.

Middle child life.

4 Constantly sharing a room

I've never shared a bedroom, but as a baby I was put in the smallest of three bedrooms, for reasons known only to my parents, and then my little brother got the second largest. Until the age of 11, I had to deal with a room with a small bed, small desk, and small wardrobe, before we got a loft extension, creating an additional, larger bedroom. Which was just as well because by then I was so tall, I simply couldn't fit in my own bed. Man, parents can be so inconsiderate.

When you were young you shared a room with your older sibling. Then your older sibling started complaining that they needed their own personal space. So what happens next? You're moved into your younger sibling's room. Such fun...

5 Being the scapegoat

It's not all plain sailing being the oldest, though I admit, the oldest of 2. My brother would get away with most, if not all conflicts, because my parents took his side. They always give him the benefit of the doubt, because they imagine I'm automatically more understanding and responsible. The sad truth is, my brother's 16 now, and still very immature. Not much has changed.

When something wrong happens, and it's one of your siblings' fault, they usually point the finger at you to avoid the grounding. And who do your parents believe when you try to tell them the truth? Yeah, I thought so... Don't worry friend, I relate too.

6 Picking sides during fights

When I was little my big sister and little brother argued a lot but I was smart enough to know that taking sides is bad. I just take the side of the adults and say "guys don't fight" so then I get rewarded for doing nothing and then the adults say I'm "being peaceful and kind". HAHA. :D

And then your parents have the audacity to get you in trouble for the whole thing

7 Deficiency of kudos
8 You get punished more than your siblings

The oldest gets punished for less because she has "more freedoms" and the youngest is like the angel baby. as a middle child, I'm not to my parents "old enough" for freedoms, or young enough to be treated like a child. I find this unfair because me and my sisters are all 2 years apart. (me being 13) I don't know. this just reeaally bugs me

Sometimes they do more bad stuff then the others so...

9 Teachers comparing you to your older sibling

Though this applies more to the youngest child, it goes for the middle child too. Research has actually shown that the oldest kid in the family tends to be more academically applied than the others. This meaning that you have a lot to do to meet your older sibling's level of excellence in the class. Either that or prove that you're not the troublemaker/slacker that your sibling was if they didn't care much for school.

I would actually have liked to have had an older sibling. I could have learned from his or her mistakes, particularly in academic sense. With that said, my little brother accepts absolutely no advice from me. His loss.

10 The peace bringer

Siblings get into a lot of fights. And sometimes picking sides won't help at all, so the best option is to try and resolve the problem, because you know, it's the middle of the night and you want to sleep! Though this may seem more like a con, it does help because it'll lead you to learn to resolve conflict between people. But still, it gets annoying after 50th time that night.

Yep. When my big sister and little brother used to fight I just tried to break it up or stay silent. Ha ha. Imi made a Smart move because then all the adults said I was being peaceful and mature. So NEVER step into a sibling fight or just tell them to stop. If they insult you the adult will tell them off and say you were only trying to be nice.

The Contenders
11 You have to do more work than your siblings
12 Parents think you're the black sheep
13 You get treated like dirt

True I am treated Like Dog poop I Get things for Mom When its Literally 7 Feet away God. She Records Me singing

14 Middle child = middle seat

The little one will be singing My Little Pony songs/ playing loudly with Power Rangers. The older one will be texting/ listening to heavy metal music. Middle child? In between the two.

The oldest can't sit in the middle because their legs are too long, and the baby seat for the youngest won't fit there. Hooray for cramped car journeys...

I hate the middle seat. And I always am forced to sit there because my figure is so small. My younger and older siblings are both taller than me.

15 Your parents have higher expectations for you

For the most part they didn't have higher expectations more like unrealistic. Yeah I was great in sports but I HATED school. I knew from a very young age I had no desire to go to college. I mean really I skipped a ton of classes in middle school alone. High School well... I remember where the building was located.

16 Your siblings stand together against you

Yes it's always me my older brother and younger brother both make me feel awful saying stuff like your fat your ugly go dye I hate you. I wish they would stop

17 Attention is low
18 Being "too young" or "too old" for what your siblings do
19 No one notices when you do something good

Say when I like do the dishes or clean my older and younger siblings mess they don't notice and even when I tell them they don't really care but when it's my older or younger siblings that clean up my mess they care what more and sometimes even gets mad at me for leaving my stuff for them to clean.

20 When parents love the older child because they were there first child and adore the younger one because they are the baby in the family then you are in the middle
21 Being left out

Yeah it happens to me so my girl cousin and my brother were fooling around on the top bunk and they told me to go to the bottom bunk. They would do things without like I don't matter.

My older brother is 14, and my younger brother is 7 and they always leave me out and then my parents get mad because I am not spending "quality sibling time with them"

I'm always left out I end up in my room crying every night from it my parents don't care and not my brothers eather I think I'm becoming depressed and scuicidal.

22 When someone compares you to your older sibling "You should be more like him/her" or "Your brother/sister is such a great role model"
23 Always getting yelled at for being mean to your younger sibling even if it's the smallest thing
24 Never getting "Hi" or "Hello" from relatives

When me and my family is always out and a family-friend crosses paths with us, first is parents, next is older sibling, next is younger sibling. You forgot someone. Hint hint me.

25 Never getting seconds because there is enough for everyone but you
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