10 Parenting Mistakes That Middle Children Deal With

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Never having a room of their own

Middle children can get the bad end of the accommodations deal. They might first have to share a room with the eldest child, who probably resents sharing a room they at one time had to themselves. So there’s tension there, and the eldest might act like the boss of the room. Just when the eldest gets their own room and the middle child might get their own, the baby comes along. And then the middle child has to share a room with the youngest. It can feel like they totally miss their chance to have a place to call their own.

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