 | As one of six children, all boys, I have three oler brothers and two younger brothers so I would definitely be labelled a middle child. I heard from someone that I was the child that happened whenever mother didn't want anymore children. In the article about birth order, I fit most of the charcteristics describing a middle child. I was the only one out of six that graduated from secondary education and worked in a technical field. During most of my childhood from about six on, I was more withdrawn than my brothers and created a world of my own. Science and science fiction were two of the things I was interested in most. I had only a few close friends throughout school and was never the popular one in my parents eyes or my peers. But through all of this I took risks and found my own way. My brothers were highly competive and even to this day some of them measure their success by what I may not have or even want. My father gave most of his time to either the oldest brother or the youngest brother and I cannot remember a time whenever it was just him and I doing something together. One day whenever my oldest brother and I went to a nearby lake, he told me of the times Dad took him fishing there, just him, and I thought back and tried to remember a time when it was just Dad and I, and there was nothing. My Mom was saddled with the primary responsibilty of taking care of all of us and was somewhat overwhelmed and had little time for one on one. But today I realize that Mom and Dad did the best they could with what they had. Someone said that childhood is something you grow-up trying to get over. Maybe they're right. |
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