actually, my thought were:
1st Child - The responsible and pressured one
2nd Child - Totally left out of the loop, gets less pressure but not as much attention
3rd/last - Spoiled child; always bugs parents for stuff and gets cooed and etc.
My friend is lucky.... she's a middle child.... *cries* well, that's just my thoughts on the birth system. lol
This is usually true, but not in my case. I'm the youngest in my family and the roles are reversed. I have 1 older brother, he's the first born, and 2 older sisters. And all of them have mental disabilities. My brother has schizophrenia, and aspergers (high functioning autism) and my sisters' disabilities aren't classified. For this reason, my parents put even more pressure on me to uphold the family.
Growning up there was alot expected of me, but at the same time, they gave me more freedom from the others. If I chose to leave the house, they wouldn't even care, all they did was ask where I was going. If I was visiting a friend, they had to know who my friend was, but if I just wanted to leave and go off without anybody, they wouldn't even ask me. It has it's ups and downs. And in the long run, I will be able to take care of myself when I leave, unlike the others.
Also, I did mention that my brother moved out, but he moved into a group home for the disabled, so he has help anyways. I'll be the only one who has what it takes, and this also is where the pressure lays. My mother expects me to take care of all 3 of them when she and my father die! I definitely can't do that! But at least now, I won't have to take care of my brother, and I'm trying to teach my sisters how to take care of themselves, so hopefully it will work out for them.