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Originally Posted by Rikae
People who think all behavior on the part of children can be blamed on their parents. Have they never heard of children from the same family behaving differently?  Because I know two excellent examples... |
Of course this presupposes consistent parenting. I am not talking about conscious unfairness rather that with the first child everything is new whereas when second child reaches that stage they have more experience but less interest. Yes I may be a biased younger child (though I do appreciate that younger ones may benefit from having space to do their own thing) but I have also observed my contemporaries with their kids). The first child is a little god with hot and cold running parents on tap ... when the second one arrives the start saying " well it is the toddler that needs the attention"...
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Birth order is fascinating psychologically ....