首页
登录
职称英语
Middle born children will tell you that they usually didn’t feel all that spe
Middle born children will tell you that they usually didn’t feel all that spe
游客
2023-12-23
43
管理
问题
Middle born children will tell you that they usually didn’t feel all that special while growing up. The first born had his spot- carrier of the family banner and responsible for everything. The last born had his comfy little role, but the middle born had no distinctive place to call his own.
Middle-borns just seem to be easily overlooked, and maybe that’s why there are so few pictures of them in the family photo album. There may be hundreds, seemingly thousands, of pictures of the firstborn. For some strange reason, however, which I have confirmed by polling middle-born children around the world, there are seldom many pictures of the middle child, and what photos there are have him included with the others—squeezed again between the older sibling and the younger sibling.
Another thing that can be said of many middle-born children is that they typically place great importance on their peer group. The middle child is well known for going outside the home to make friends faster than anybody else in the family. When a child feels like a fifth wheel at home, friends become very important; as a result, many middle children (but not all, of course) tend to be the social lions of the family. While firstborns, typically, have fewer friends, middle children often have many.
Middle children have a propensity to leave home first and live farther away from the family than anyone else. I observed a dramatic illustration of this tendency while I was a guest on Oprah Winfrey’s show. The subject that day was sibling rivalry. Three charming young women, all sisters, were among the guests, and we quickly learned that the firstborn and the last born were residents of the Eastern state where they had grown up. They had settled down near their parents and other family members. But the middle child had moved to the West Coast.
I suppose she could have gotten another two thousand miles farther away by moving to Hawaii, but her point was still well made. Middle children are the ones who will most often physically distance themselves from the rest of the family. It’s not necessarily because they’re on the outs with everyone else. They simply like to do their own thing, make their own friends, and live their own lives.
All of this is not to say that middle children totally ignore their siblings or the rest of the family. One common characteristic of the middle child is that she is a good mediator or negotiator. She comes naturally into this role because she’s often right in the middle, between big brother and little sister, whatever the case may be. And because she can’t have Mom or Dad all to herself, she learns the fine art of compromise. Obviously, these skills are assets in adult life, and middle children often become the best adjusted adults in the family. [br] What is the main argument of this passage?
选项
A、First-born children are the carders of the family banner and responsible for everything.
B、Middle-born children tend to be more independent and sociable while growing up.
C、Last-born children are the favorites who get most attention in the family.
D、Children are not really treated in the same way in the family.
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3298935.html
相关试题推荐
Theneuroscientistdidastudyinordertotellwhetherchildrenwillfeelthep
Theneuroscientistdidastudyinordertotellwhetherchildrenwillfeelthep
Theneuroscientistdidastudyinordertotellwhetherchildrenwillfeelthep
Thecultureofanysocietyisusuallythoughttobeoftwokinds:materiala
ThecitywaterpipesinRomewereusuallyofbakedclayorlead;copperwas
ThecitywaterpipesinRomewereusuallyofbakedclayorlead;copperwas
[originaltext]Gettingtheirchildrenintocollegeusedtobethegoalofmillio
[originaltext]Gettingtheirchildrenintocollegeusedtobethegoalofmillio
Middlebornchildrenwilltellyouthattheyusuallydidn’tfeelallthatsp
Middlebornchildrenwilltellyouthattheyusuallydidn’tfeelallthatsp
随机试题
[originaltext]M:Alright,sotalktomeaboutdifferentagegroupsandhowmuch
AreBadEconomicTimesGoodforHealth?[A]Mostpeopleareworr
患者女性,41岁,以月经紊乱及性欲低下就诊于妇科,激素检查发现,血浆PRL增高(
人工流产负压吸引术适用于A、孕7周以内 B、孕10周以内 C、孕11~12周
A.20℃~35℃B.15℃~25℃C.30%D.50%E.75%中药表面附着的
下列关于高密度脂蛋白胆固醇描述错误的是A.HDL是体积最小的脂蛋白B.磷脂是其主
某施工机械的时间定额为0.41台班/100m3,与之配合的工人小组有3人,则该机
根据继电保护和安全自动装置缺陷归类,常规变电站3/2接线母线保护边断路器失灵开入
对投资者来说,进行证券投资分析有利于()。A:减少投资决策的盲目性B:正确评估
固定收益平台交易采用报价交易和询价交易两种方式。报价交易中,交易商须以实名方式申
最新回复
(
0
)