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78Making the Most out of being a Middle Child
I'm a middle child. I have a wonderful older brother and an equally wonderful younger sister. I also have a wonderful adopted brother (I don't want to leave him out), but the rest of us were grown and gone...
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76Death Vigil: the Ultimate Zen Experience
The hours leading up to 1:23 am this morning are not a blur at all. They are remarkably clear. I recall details that would normally escape notice. I am acutely aware of what I was thinking and feeling...
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78What to do when your older sibling is a narcissist?
What to do when your older sibling is a narcissist? When he constantly meddles in your affairs? When he have this overbearing control over you (a control freak) ever since? When he have an over inflated ego thinking he is better than everyone in your family and lashing out when he didn’t get his way? Either his way or the highway?
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667 siblings 2parents and 1 me
My name is Anna-Kate and I live in Michigan and I have 7 siblings and 2 parents. I am the middle child out of all eight!!! I live in a pretty big house I was adopted, Life as an adopted child is very hard....
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73Living Daily with Special Needs Children
We have been blessed with beautiful children and even more adorable grandchildren. They each have individual personalities and physical traits. We can’t imagine our life without even one of them and the...
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77Thoughts on Being and Raising a Middle Child
The term (and label), "middle child", is one that has loomed over me, like a cloud, since my baby brother (and third child, first son, of my parents was born). I don't recall ever hearing anyone ever refer...
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71Birth Order Characteristics; What Does It Mean?
Ever since my girls were born, I have noticed almost on a daily basis how very different they are, and how my parenting has had SO much to do with it. I find myself scolding Cidnée, for example, for being...
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73How To Train a Younger Sibling: Five Lessons for Middle Children
Having brothers and sisters is something we usually don’t have a lot of say in. Most parents wouldn’t generally listen or take your point of view seriously anyway! My own parents just completely ignored...
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73Advice on Raising Your Middle Child
Middle children are in a tough position. The oldest child gets all the “first” attention and can do things much sooner. The youngest child is the baby and doesn’t have much expected of them and is...
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71Big Brother, Leader of the Pack
My older brother did many things for me that my dad couldn’t because of the hours Dad worked from the time I was about five until after I had kids of my own. My sister, four years older, and I got close...
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