Being an oldest child in a medium large to very large family is often extremely precarious. You are often the family's second parent or in locos parentis. You often have no life of your own to speak about. Your childhood is often compared to the total hours of daylight in the winter solstice. You are usually on call to your parents and siblings 24/7/365.
You are seldom appreciated for what you do for your parents and siblings. In fact, you are expected to cheerfully look after your younger siblings at a moment's notice. Your situation is often compared to an indentured servant or worse.
Even as an adult, you still continue to bear the brunt of the familial responsibilities such as caring for an aging parent and being the go to when a family crisis arises. If you are affluent, your younger siblings, if they are poorer, expect you to financially look after them. Describe your experiences of being the oldest sibling in a medium large to very large family? Did being the oldest in a medium large to very large family affect you positively or negatively?
I'm the oldest sibling in the family of six and some of this is true. I do spend a lot of timing watching my younger siblings. However, it is not completely torture either. As a family we help each other out and no one person carries all of the burden. True, I naturally was more responsible in taking care of my siblings, however it's not really comparable to and indentured servant.
Naturally, it is de rigueur in the lives of oldest children in medium large to very large families. Being the oldest in medium large to very large families is the most unglamorous and underappreciate position there is. Many oldest children in medium large to very large families actually detest their birth order position and their familial situation. While oldest children in small to medium sized families have more glamorous positions such as the cool, hip older sibling or the looked up to advisor and counselor, the oldest child in medium large to very large families have all the drudgery and none of the glamour! Their situation is analogous to being Cinderella.
by Grace Marguerite Williams2 months 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...
by Grace Marguerite Williams2 months ago
Why do parents of large to very large families tend to delegate the raising of the youngerchildren to the oldest sibling? Many parents from large to very large families (6 or more children) state that they...
by Jami Johnson3 years ago
Who's smarter the first born or the second born (or the third or forth)?I always hear, the first born child is smarter because they have more attention from the parents.... or the second born is smarter because of the...
by Gemini Fox5 years ago
If you are an only child, do you wish that you had been part of a large family OR . . .if you had many siblings, do you wish that you had been from a smaller family or an only child?
by Nichol marie2 months ago
Do you know someone who is prejudice of larger families?Why do some people have an ignorant belief that moms of large families cannot be the same as moms with one or 2?
by Marianne Sherret2 months ago
Is the youngest child in the family always spoilt?
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