The pros and cons of being the youngest child 18 Articles

by Noella Menon

Make your second-born feel special! Just when you thought you were done with dirty nappies, sleepless nights, endless worrying about colic problems, hollering, washing those piles of linen & warming up those routine fee...read more

by Allison Whitehead

Oooh, where shall I start?! I'm the youngest in our family - my sister is six and a half years older than me. I hate to be negative but let's get the bad stuff out of the way first. I never felt like I was in the shad...read more

by Jennifer Upchurch

Being the youngest child you may think you have everyones attention and you may think you have it easy. Really you are taking attention away from the ones who really care about you like you older sibblings. They waited fo...read more

by Patti Winters

The dynamics that make up family is varied and strange. It will change from family to family and person to person. Depending on what position you are born into in the family can affect not only how you are raised but the p...read more

by Ramalingam Subramaniam

The pros and cons of being the youngest child To be a youngest child in a family, one must have born as the last child in the family. Hence as the youngest child in a family, it has many advantages as well as disadvanta...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

I always admired my baby sister Faith. She is the youngest of my sisters, and often, it seemed she had it much easier. Our parents were always making such a fuss over her because she was the baby. She got all the attention...read more

by Sabrina Schleiger

Being the baby of the family can have many perks, no doubt. As a small child you probably get all of Mommy and Daddy's attention. If your siblings are quite a bit older than you, you might luck out on household chores. A...read more

by Ms Dark

There are a myriad of pros and cons to being the youngest child. Some of them are touchy subjects and some are hum-drum, but all of them are part and parcel to this familial position. The Pros: 1. Older siblings to p...read more

by Barbara Fisher

I was the middle child and always saw the special attention my sister got as the oldest child, and the same for my brother who was the youngest child. He was also the only boy, and it seeemed whatever he wanted he got. ...read more

by Paige Minyard

I consider my older siblings experiments since mom and dad didn't know what they were doing and I recieved the better end of the stick. Being the youngest in the family does have its good and bad side but I am the baby I d...read more

by Maria Lausch

Let me start this article by telling you about my siblings. First I have two half sisters and one half brother by my mother. Then I have a half brother by my biological father. Last I gained three more sisters when I was a...read more

by Mariann H

The pros and cons of being the youngest. Well I am the youngest of 3 girls, my poor father. We are all 2 years apart. There are a lot more pros noe then there was then. Well start with the cons since that list is probably ...read more

by Chyrel A. Coffman

One family. Two parents. Three generations living in one home. Four boys. Five subsets of children. Six girls. Seven siblings I never really came to know. Eight bosses. Nine siblings to love. Ten children in all, and...read more

by Scott Heritage

There are many perks and drawbacks of being the youngest child in a family. Firstly as the baby of the family you will not have to suffer through all the mistakes your parents have made with your older siblings, and you ...read more

by Zelda Alfred

Lets see I am the younger one of two in my family. But yes of course there are pros and cons of being the younger one especially if you born to a traditional Indian family. Let me explain, in a traditional Indian family...read more

by flowergirl

Being the youngest of three who vary widely in age is truly a challenge. I have experienced many emotions over the years. I feel as if I have to fight harder to be heard and also for my siblings to acknowledge my individua...read more

by Mitchel Roy

I am the youngest of two. I have experienced several pros and cons of being the youngest child. PROS: As the youngest child, I can learn from the mistakes of my older brother, and try to avoid those mistakes. As ...read more

by Suzanne Strong

My first con when I was a child about being the youngest of six children - I used to say "I am always last (being left behind by my siblings) I was even last to be born." I enjoyed being the youngest as I grew up, your ...read more