nPostednon August 12, 2014
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Backnin the day, the eldest son was the one who inherited the familynestate…the family fortune…even the crown in royal families!
Backnin the day, the eldest son was the one who inherited the familynestate…the family fortune…even the crown in royal families!n
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nThesendays, in modern European monarchies such as Belgium, Denmark,nLuxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, it is the eldest CHILDnwho inherits the crown, not the eldest son. And, let’s face it, mostnof us do not have thrones or kingdoms or even noble titles to passndown to our children—and many modern families split up whateverninheritance they leave equally between their children.
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nSondoes that mean that we live in a state of equality about birth order?
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nNo.nNot really.
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nManynpeople complain that parents tend to treat their firstborn childrennas “more special” and make ambitious leaders out of them becausenthey give them more responsibility and often more attention.
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nManynpeople ALSO complain that parents tend to treat their last children –nyou know, the “baby of the family” – as more special, and thatnthey coddle and spoil them.
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nManynpeople complain that the middle child (or middle children, in largenfamilies) are often ignored or at least passed over.
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nOfncourse, every family is different, and parents are different, andnkids are different—and every time you make a sweepingngeneralization about firstborn, last-born, or middle children, younwill be ignoring millions of counter-examples.
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nStill,nthere’s no harm in having a bit of fun especially focused on thenmiddle child of the family!
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nWhich is why someone made today Middle Child’s Day!
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Ifn you are a middle child, let everyone know that it is your day! Youn get to choose the dinner menu and the 8:00 family TV viewing!n
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nIfn you have a brother or sister who is a middle child, or if you are an parent with a middle child, celebrate him or her! Cards, cakes, evenn small presents are all acceptable. (I want to note here that I am an middle child, and my husband is also a middle child, and we haven NEVER received a National Middle Child Day gift or card. LOL!)
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| Middle Child’s Day cards tend to be more funny than mushy! |
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- Taken pleasure in Middle Child Masterpiece Theater, courtesy of Jann Brady.
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nCheckn out the blog for middle children, Smack Dab.
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Did you know that more than
half of the U.S. presidents
have been “middles”?n
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nSomen of the many famous middle children include U.S. Presidents Abrahamn Lincoln and John F. Kennedy; human-rights greats Nelson Mandela,n Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King, Jr.; singer / dancer /n actress Jennifer Lopez, scientist Charles Darwin; late-nightn comedian David Letterman; and super-rich business men Warren Buffettn and Bill Gates. And the current Dalai Lama. And Princess Diana. Andn author Ernest Hemingway. And way too many people to list!n
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nAlsonon this date:
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nWorld Elephant Day
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nVinylnRecord Day
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Anniversarynof the discovery of the largest T-Rex
Anniversarynof the discovery of the largest T-Rexn
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nAnniversarynof the extinction of the quagga
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAugustn holidays
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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nSeptembern holidays
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