Tuesday, March 12, 2013

How accurate is the author's description of your birth order?:


   According to the article " How your Birth Order Influences your Life Adjustment" by Lucile K. Forer explains about how the birth order plays an important role in your life. Children take a determine place in the family group and this place is developed by older, middle, youngest and only child. In my family, there was 3 children and I used to be the youngest child for 15 years. After that time, I became the middle child which was a huge change and an impact in my life.
   In the beginning, being as the youngest child was a interesting part of my life because I always had the attention of my parents and my older siblings. I identify my self when Forer says about youngest child that "the youngest child tends to think, I am less able to do many things than other people" because I used to think like that due to the protection and help of my siblings gave to me, but after I became the middle child my concept of that totally changed. 
   In the part of "Relationship with parents", it explains about how the first child struggles to be parental and how parents change as a more relaxed with the others children. I definitely agree with this part of the article because my older sister always have to take care of us when my mom had to go to work. I always see her as my mother and my adviser. In other hand, my mother was so strict with my sister and she never permitted my sister to go out with her friends but as the time passed my mother changed and she became in certain point more relaxed and less tense with us. In addition, after my mom changed I enjoy many advantages than my older sister couldn't have. 
In conclusion, this article was really interesting for me and I agree with some of the points that it explains.I addition it accurate in my life. Being the older, middle of youngest child is not a easy role in the family and the birth order can affect our life. 

Friday, March 8, 2013

Birth Order: In the Middle

There are four children in my family. The first child of my family is my sister Andrea and she is independent, generous and parental to her sisters and brother. The second child and the only man in the family is my brother Wilmer. He is smart, carefree and creative. The next child is me and I used to be the youngest child but after 15 years my mom decided to have another member to our family. I identify my self as a fast learner, responsible and capable. The last children is my sister Gabriela she is so spoiled, annoying and shy. However, I think that raising as a middle child is not a easy role because the middle child is always in the middle of fights between younger child and older child, also sharing everything as a gifts, cloths and toys.