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Everyone loves the oldest child because the parents can rely on them, they watch out for their siblings and they're so confidently attractive. Of course the Youngest Child Wins because they're the "baby", but what does that leave the one in the middle? Truth in Television. It's common to blame or demonize the parents, but in most cases, they do not realize the situation, and need it brought up to them. There are also times when the parents do see there is a problem, but do not know how to handle it. Examples of Middle Child Syndrome include:

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  • Everyone loves the oldest child because the parents can rely on them, they watch out for their siblings and they're so confidently attractive. Of course the Youngest Child Wins because they're the "baby", but what does that leave the one in the middle? Truth in Television. It's common to blame or demonize the parents, but in most cases, they do not realize the situation, and need it brought up to them. There are also times when the parents do see there is a problem, but do not know how to handle it. Examples of Middle Child Syndrome include:
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  • Everyone loves the oldest child because the parents can rely on them, they watch out for their siblings and they're so confidently attractive. Of course the Youngest Child Wins because they're the "baby", but what does that leave the one in the middle? That's essentially the definition of Middle Child Syndrome, in which a child automatically may become The Unfavorite and/or the Black Sheep/Rebel, specifically because they are the easiest child to overlook, or because they somehow don't fit in with the rest of the family. They're not old enough to be given the responsibilities and privileges of the oldest, and the youngest child took their spot as the spoiled and doted-on "baby" of the family. So what does the leave them? This tends to be more of an issue when there are three children rather than four or more. Oftentimes in media, the middle child ends up becoming more of the Deadpan Snarker or the quirky one for this reason. Can be somewhat avoided, but not always, if the middle child is special by the virtue of being of an opposite gender, usually a girl (the reverse is less common, and even rarer in settings where women have less/no rights, where the girls are usually just lumped together until they are old enough to marry off), who will receive special attention from the mother while the boys will be mentored by the father. Truth in Television. It's common to blame or demonize the parents, but in most cases, they do not realize the situation, and need it brought up to them. There are also times when the parents do see there is a problem, but do not know how to handle it. Contrast Only Child Syndrome, which tends to have the opposite effect of too much attention rather than too little. Examples of Middle Child Syndrome include:
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