What are the TEN worst things that parents can do to their OLDEST children?
Depend on them too heavily for all kinds of help, especially with the younger children.
Expect them to cater to the parents.
Assume they already have built-in wisdom and maturity and do not need to be given appropriate advice or boundaries.
Underestimate their need to be acknowledged for accomplishments.
Assume they do not need family involvement as they become teenagers.
Assume they do not need money or help in finding jobs or getting into college.
Ignore them.
Give up on them.
Exclude them from family outings, assuming they are no longer interested in family matters.
Abandon them on a psychological level by holding grudges because they have let the parent down ...
through no fault of their own.
Mostly because parental expectations of the oldest are way high.
… as far as I know.
Parents have DRACONIAN expectations for oldest children. To many parents, especially parents of large families, oldest children are simply familial mascots & servants. In typical large families, oldest children are slaves, no more, no less.
In small families of 2-3 children, parents treat their oldest children humanely. Oldest children in small families aren't expected to be parents nor little adults. They are LOVED by their parents & treated as children. However, in large/very large families of six & more children, oldest children are discarded/cast aside unless they are called into servitude by parents & younger siblings. Oldest children in large/very large families are ABUSED & DEPRIVED of normative childhoods & adolescence.
by Grace Marguerite Williams 7 years ago
I believe that the oldest child in a family have the toughest and roughest path to go. He/she was automatically dethroned upon the birth/births of a successive sibling/siblings. He/she is often held to a higher and stricter standard than his/her younger siblings, ...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 9 years ago
child as far as birth orders/ family constellations go?
by Jessie Watson 6 years ago
We already know that children can suffer from a full range of learning and mental disabilities if they have not received physical or emotional contact before the age of 5. Since 2017, there is more mounting evidence to support that birth order has some effect on the expression of intelligence in...
by Penny Godfirnon 7 years ago
If your were the oldest child in your family were you given huge responsibilities?Were you given responsibilites beyond your years and were you able to accomplish them or did you suffer from failing your parents!
by jagandelight 7 years ago
Do you think an only child is better off more than they are with siblings?
by Cindy Lawson 11 years ago
How many children do you think is too many to have?There is a woman on the island where I live who survives only on benefits and now has 14 children. She openly admitted she got jealous when her 16 year old daughter got pregnant last year. The Husband left her a couple of years back, and most of...
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