#pov : the older child vs the younger child reacting in a similar situation #siblings #relatable

[noatheangel]

when you’re the oldest, your expected to do things right the first time. you are the role model and are basically coparenting the younger siblings. when you’re the youngest, you’re pressured to be perfect like the oldest, and are criticized when you aren’t living up to the expectations. usually always left out too, and usually always the last for everything.

edit: i know some people in the comments are disagreeing and that’s okay. it’s different for everyone. and people also bring up the middle child who’s always looked down upon. and i agree because i have two older sisters and we’re all very much like this comment. with the middle sister, my mom and i very close with btw, my mom didn’t really know how to deal with her because they both have the shortest temper and my mom always thought she had this attitude when she spoke. yes she has an attitude but she never tried to talk like that on purpose and it pissed me off when my mom always thought she was talking back but she was just asking a genuine question or just making a good point to defend her position. because my mom looked at her as the “edgy” one, my sister basically went “okay if you’re gonna look at me like this, i’m gonna have to make it true”.

don’t feel pressured to agree with this whole comment or be anything like it. it’s kinda horrible to have this stereotypes about the age differences in siblings but yk, that’s the way it is.
hope everyone’s okay, have blessed days random
strangers✌️💀

[itssophia]

I’m the youngest child. I can confirm that I have been going through this since I was 8.

[lexinicole]

This is so true. As the youngest people think we are special and spoiled but we put so much pressure on ourselves just to be better than our siblings. It’s very hard😢

[posotive]

I can relate I am the oldest and I get angry rather than let anyone see me cry
Edit 1:I am SO sorry to the people who can relate

[Sunny]

Honestly I relate. I’m the eldest and every time something happens my parents say “your the eldest your the role model”

[nics_]

finally someone who doesn't make the youngest child the favorite child

[Cocoa_Remi]

I love how this video has the youngest child too, mostly people day that the youngest is the favorite, but we all go thru the same things. This really made me tear up and make me feel like we have someone who cares about everyone.

[sphamylv]

I’m the oldest of 3 children. If I cry, I feel like I’m weak. I’d rather get angry at someone than cry in front of someone because of that same reason and because I don’t know how they’ll react.

[rosawaldron]

It’s not always easy for the youngest. I’m not saying this because I’m the youngest (I’m a middle child) but their freedom is always restricted and parents expect so much of their innocent little child. One day the youngest will be an adult too

[starlightwonder]

This is the most relatable thing ever. Thank you for making us feel like we're not alone. We all love you❤️

[jolynho]

I hate it when people actually says the youngest is the rotten spoiled brat and the parent's favourite, maybe it could be in your family, but it isn't in most people's families actually.

I'm the oldest in my family and my parents treat me okay. If I get good grades they praise me and if I get bad grades they scold me, that's how normal parenting works. But if you talk about my youngest sibling, that's a different story.

She's 14 now, she's a topper in her class. Got one of the best grades in her school but what did my parents do? Nothing. They said that the exams were " easy " even though she skipped 2 grades. She got a 78 one time, and she was grounded for 2 weeks, and was forced to study more than 6 hours a day in her room.

There shouldn't be stereotypes for anything to be honest, nothing is fixed. There will be different things whether you like it or not.

[ChocolateChipCookies-]

The oldest: you have to do everything perfect so you’re siblings follow in you’re footsteps
The middle: people rarely care
The youngest: they expect me to follow the oldest footsteps







- the oldest

[kaitlynnklar]

I’m the middle child so everything’s always my fault

[Storm-bvpc]

Finally someone who cares about the youngest child! The whole internet treats us like trash, but we have feelings and problems too.

[kannayori]

this is something the parents need to see its such a pain for both youngest and oldest and even the middle children, i feel that our parents should be grateful for our efforts..

[Lex-pgql]

As the oldest of 4, I relate to this on so many levels. I don’t let many people in, I’ve only let my mom in this past year. She is the only one that has seen me cry out of all of my family.
They yell at me about grades, especially since I wasn’t doing well in one class. It’s is more internal for me. I acknowledge that they’re saying all of this to me and it all goes in, but I’m a blank slate when I’m being yelled at, then I’ll go to my room and cry about it, thinking I’m a failure and I should have done better.

[marisaramos]

I’m the youngest and a lot of people are always like “Oh I wish I was the youngest” trust me do don’t because your constantly told that you should be better then your older siblings your always trying to do so well and when you mess up the pressure is real plus my parents are always like “Your gonna grow up to be a doctor” like no I want to be a youtuber but because of them it’s hard

[sophiakalter]

As a youngest child I can tell ya it's not all its chalked up to be, I feel like I don't deserve anything I have, I feel like I have to be perfect because I'm the "golden child", and I have to mature quicker because everyone I'm around is older than me, so I feel like I got cheated out of a childhood, also this is just how I feel I am not speaking for all youngest children

[alx._ss]

As the oldest child my parents really think that I was just another parent to them and I would be the smartest child and they would get on to me a lot and I would have to babysit and take care of my brothers

[adrianaherz]

As the youngest child, its never enough my parents always tell me I have too be like my siblings.