When you're a middle child, you are used to never being noticed. “Wow! That middle child is a superstar! She really makes those other siblings look lame!” – something that has never been said. We're constantly overlooked, so we're really good at adapting. Yeah, Jan, you know Marsha was just an as*hole. We don't crumble under pressure (like the baby of the family), nor are we prone to getting a big head (like our older siblings). Therefore, the middle child is a resilient beast. No matter the situation, we're used to things not going our way. We're regularly the butt of every joke, and our siblings like to gang up on us. We got the short end of the stick, so we are goddamn resilient.Īll middle children are well aware that it is our lot in life to receive the short end of the proverbial stick.
You're always grounded, because your mom and dad used you to "make an example." You're used to being the annoying "problem child." 3. Your parents constantly accused you of acting out, even when you're literally doing nothing that would get your other siblings in trouble. Anything a middle child does is 'rebellious.'Įven if it's something as simple and semi-innocent as wearing a crop top or breaking curfew by eight minutes, everything you did was rebellion.
You're used to rolling your eyes every time your older sibling is praised and you're overshadowed. It was the worst of all worlds! Everything the older sibling did was considered “amazing,” “mesmerizing” and “fantastic.”Īs a middle child, you're just lucky if Mom remembered to sign you up for ballet class, let alone came to the recitals. We were never spoiled like our younger sibling, but we never got the responsibility of the oldest. We were compared to our older sibling in everything we did.Īt the same time, we were never treated like the baby. Here are 11 reasons why the middle child is actually the strongest: 1. Shout-out to all the middle children out there.
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