10 Parenting Mistakes That Middle Children Deal With
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Julia Austin
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Leaving them to their own emotions
As a self-fulfilling prophecy, some parents can believe that when their middle child is upset, they are just being a middle child. They can project that idea onto them, and when they see them pouting, assume they just want attention, rather than thinking something real is wrong. So they can condition themselves to ignore a pouting middle child, and leave that child alone with their emotions. This can actually cause a situation where the middle child feels neglected, and pouts for good reason more and more. It can also lead to the aforementioned issue in which middle children stop going to their parents for comfort when something is wrong.
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