Very observant. I am the third of 3 girls. The camera broke before I was born and was never repaired so there are maybe 2 baby pictures of me while my sisters still have albums. I got the short end of the photo-stick. As the youngest child I didn't get "all the attention" as most assume. My oldest sister-- the eldest-- was my protector and we are still very close. Great piece. Adorable picture!
Very Interesting... anecdotally talking to other older siblings (male and female) they do seem to lean towards the “responsible” side of things (and think their siblings are not!). There is a common belief that they default to being serious / hard working, get away with less, end up doing more but get less attention for good work or preempting problems (and conversely get more attention when things don’t go well!) ... or so I’ve heard anyway 😉🙈😇.
Is it that being the oldest has an inherent social “respect” (respect your elders, etc) so the learnt feeling is toward being respectable (in whatever way that means) ? So if you are silly you are then immediately aware or told that you are not living up to being a model citizen (as you are - by default - a role model or could be to a younger sibling).
And this would vary wildly based on the belief you have learned about what respect means or what it is to protect your younger sibling.
Does it come from not being used to having attention shared when this new baby comes along and the first thing you see is this little thing being protected and being told your the older brother/sister and you need to take care of this tiny helpless things. As you never saw your self as a baby, this fragile little thing is a completely new experience and something that must seem to control your parents and yet be be controlled by them...
Hmmm. Not sure how you could ever really test for this given the limitless variables of experiences and unwritten expectations!!
Very observant. I am the third of 3 girls. The camera broke before I was born and was never repaired so there are maybe 2 baby pictures of me while my sisters still have albums. I got the short end of the photo-stick. As the youngest child I didn't get "all the attention" as most assume. My oldest sister-- the eldest-- was my protector and we are still very close. Great piece. Adorable picture!
The youngest ones! Of 3 girls! Sending you all the love. So glad to hear you have a lovely close relationship with your oldest sis.
Very Interesting... anecdotally talking to other older siblings (male and female) they do seem to lean towards the “responsible” side of things (and think their siblings are not!). There is a common belief that they default to being serious / hard working, get away with less, end up doing more but get less attention for good work or preempting problems (and conversely get more attention when things don’t go well!) ... or so I’ve heard anyway 😉🙈😇.
Is it that being the oldest has an inherent social “respect” (respect your elders, etc) so the learnt feeling is toward being respectable (in whatever way that means) ? So if you are silly you are then immediately aware or told that you are not living up to being a model citizen (as you are - by default - a role model or could be to a younger sibling).
And this would vary wildly based on the belief you have learned about what respect means or what it is to protect your younger sibling.
Does it come from not being used to having attention shared when this new baby comes along and the first thing you see is this little thing being protected and being told your the older brother/sister and you need to take care of this tiny helpless things. As you never saw your self as a baby, this fragile little thing is a completely new experience and something that must seem to control your parents and yet be be controlled by them...
Hmmm. Not sure how you could ever really test for this given the limitless variables of experiences and unwritten expectations!!
But jolly interesting indeed!!!
Very interesting, Priya.
Thank you Mike!