Please describe where you are in your family of origin. Are you the oldest, youngest, middle or only child? How many kids were in your home when you were growing up? Did you get a lot of attention from the grown ups in your home or did you have a lot of independence?
What are your most prominent personal characteristics? (for example, independent, caring, selfish, selfless, peacemaker, arguer, etc...)
Please answer honestly and we will discuss in class this week.
I am the oldest from my siblings and there were two other kids in my home my aunts. I believe I did get all the attention from the grown ups and most prominent personal characteristics are arguer, independent and caring.
ReplyDeleteI am the oldest from my family and because of that my parents did a lot mistakes with me. I am don't blame them because they were inexperienced people when it comes to raising and educating children on their own. I know their backgrounds but they did make suffer in a way because I was the oldest they didnt realize the mistakes they were doing and I kinda was a selfish kid because I always wanted everything and people didnt like the way I was when growing up. Especially mom's side of the family didnt really loved me as my sister. Today is a different world for me and I am glad things changed.
ReplyDeleteI am the middle child of three. As I grew up, I was always independent because my younger brother was born when I was 8. I had to take care of him ever since because both of my parents worked during the day. My father had to work two shifts to provide for a family of 5. My mom works in order to bring food to our table, and my dad pays the rest of the bills. I believe because of my personal experience, I am independent, caring, and an arguer. I have to defend myself, but I also care about others.
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ReplyDeleteIm the second biggest child. me and my brother are ten years apart. i been really caring to him n i been really hard working and independent. i notice my parents were more flexible with my brother n they gave him everything. but i never got jelouse i just accepted it. Because i couldnt do everything i want.My dad was a good hard workers n mom a good housewife. I appreciated everything they done.
ReplyDeleteIm the second biggest child. me and my brother are ten years apart. i been really caring to him n i been really hard working and independent. i notice my parents were more flexible with my brother n they gave him everything. but i never got jelouse i just accepted it. Because i couldnt do everything i want.My dad was a good hard workers n mom a good housewife. I appreciated everything they done.
ReplyDeleteI grew up an only child. While I do have half brothers and sisters, I did not spend much time with them until after I turned 15. As an only child, I got a lot of attention. Especially since I had no first cousins (my mom has two brothers). If anything, I'm rather emotionally reserved. It takes me a while to get comfortable with people. In this, I'm very layered. And the more you get to know me, the more layers you'll see. Im very meticulous and I like things to be a certain way. It took me a while to learn how to LISTEN to other peoples ideas especially during group work. Overall though, since I was spoiled I tend to enjoy spoiling the people I love.
ReplyDeleteI have one brother and one sister, and I am the youngest. I believe I did got a lot of attention since I was the youngest one in my family. My most prominent personal characteristics are independent, caring, and stubborn. When I was a kid, my mom treated me better than my siblings, I guess is because I was the youngest and wanted more attention. However, when I grew up and became more mature, my mom started to treat me equally among my siblings.
ReplyDeleteI am the oldest in my family by ten years and for those first years I grew up with my older uncle. I always got attention from my mom and then I became more independent as my parents started to focus on my younger siblings. I don't care now and didn't care about attention in my middle or high school years but parents where always there for me every time I had a soccer game growing up to my senior night. I learned to become a leader and cooperative, while being caring and patient with all the little ones.
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ReplyDeleteI’m the oldest and I grew up with my only one annoying little sister. I have lots of independence because I’m the oldest one. I have to be mature and stronger. I would be the one in trouble and the one to be blame if there is trouble. And I would be the one to be punish because I should know better, at least that’s what they think. I’m the selfless and peacemaker and I can be independent, although I can be the most clingy and annoying one at times. I think my dad like my sister more but I know he care for both of us about the same.
I am the oldest in my family. I have a 6 year old Sister that grew up with me and two other siblings but don't really see them much. I was an only child for 12 years until my mom had my little sister Natalia. I come from divorced parents and I've always lived with my mother which explains why I don't really see my other two siblings. Ever since I was little my mom made me really independent. She didn't give me much attention so I had to learn to do things myself. People that know me well, will agree that I am really independent and optimistic. I try to stay positive regardless of what is going on in my life and never give up on my goals. I am motivated to be different. I want to be different from my family (as bad as it might sound). They have taught me many lessons from their mistakes and I don't want to end up being like my parents. I obviously love my parents and they have somehow shaped me to the person I am today. It might sound weird but I am grateful that they were never really there for me. That made me stronger and like I already said, Independent.
ReplyDeleteI am oldest in my family. I have one brother he is 5-year younger than me. I remember when my brother born and I get less attention and everyone in my family love him more. they always comparison us that I do not like it because we have very very different personality. I remember that time my family hurt my emotional but I always love him and play with him. I really care about my family especially my brother. Also, I am independents and caring.
ReplyDeleteAs the middle child, i feel like i carry a lot of responsability becausw im supposed to be a role model for my little sister and be as good or even better than my 2 older siblings. I feel like i got a lot of attention from my father when i waa younger but now that hes not with me i feel like ive learned how to be more independent and swlf sufficient. My family can be tough but they also taught me how to be a caring person.
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DeleteI am the second youngest child. I have an older brother and then my sister. Growing up it was mainly just the three of us. This stayed like that for a while. I was considered the "baby" of the house. Even within my extended family I was the youngest of all my cousins so I got a lot of attention. This stayed like that until I was about 9; my sister was born. After this all the attention went to her and she was the first of the new generation of cousins - I was the last of the older ones. After this everyone looked out for the younger ones.
ReplyDeleteI am independent,caring for those close to me, ethical,and logical.
I am the oldest, and as many of you know I have 5 younger siblings. Ranging from the age of 15,14,10,6,and 2. They all live with me and as the oldest that means responsibility. I am responsible for EVERYTHING they do. So, when ever my 15 year old brother goes wondering off with his friend, I'm suppose to know where he is at all times. Which is very difficult because he never answers his phone. So I get in trouble because he literally never tells me where he goes. Even my little brother that's 10 year old goes wondering off with his friends. Which worries me even more because I fear that he might get kidnap. On top of that, I'm in charge of picking and dropping them off when my mother, can't which is most of the time. It's very exhausting because I have to be here and be there and I can't it all. But it's what's expected of me because "I'm the oldest." I love them but they all drain the life out of me. Growing up I had the pleasure to have the love of both parents. Which allowed me to replace my fathers love when he left. So I play a big role in my siblings life, I'm seen as the problem solver. Which feels kind of good but there's always problems in the house.
ReplyDeleteAs the oldest of three, I have to carry the responsibility of being the "role model" for my younger siblings. My parents are always on my ass telling me to take my actions into consideration since my siblings are following my steps. There's times where I get annoyed, yet again; I'm cool with it. I want to be the person they look up to.
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I am an only child (mom) and the oldest of two half siblings (dad). I was an only child with my dad until I was 8. I didn't live with other kids up until that point. I got a lot of attention from relatives on my stepmoms side until the kids came in. I played by myself when I was with my mom and then after the babies came at my dad.
ReplyDeleteI'm selfish, caring, stubborn, compassionate, and sensitive
I am the youngest child in my famil. There are only three of us. I got a fair amount of attention compared to my siblings where they get a lot of attention.
ReplyDeleteI'm independent, caring and realistic.
I am the youngest of 3 and I was pretty much usually the only one you can say since my brother is 16 years older than me and my sister is 10 years older than me. I grew up mainly with my mom and brother and didn't really have a relationship with my sister until I was a teenager. I moved a lot because of the circumstances at the moment, I was usually independent because I didn't have many people of my age around me mainly older. My prominent characteristic is a caring person and a good listener.
ReplyDeleteIn my family I am the youngest since it's only my mother, my older brother and me. I have a strong relationship with my mother more like an older sister to small sister relationship it's always been very unique family structure. However most people see the small child as spoiled and irresponsible and although I had more opportunities than my brother I don't consider myself spoiled because I value all the hard work my mother has put into raising us. I see it as an investment mom raises us the best she could and hopes we become successful to the best of our abilities so we can then take care of her. I believe I am very responsible because I had the best leader, professional when handling our finances, and single mother.
ReplyDeleteMy siblings consist of my older sister, me, my brother, then my baby sis. Ages, 25,22,20,and 15. I believe as the middle child I have had a lot of responsibilities because when my big sister isn't around , I am automatically the oldest to my younger brother and my baby sister. I am looked upon from all my siblings because I am always the risk taker, I am always the one that isn't afraid to loose it all, I moved to San Diego by myself, I brought my mom from her darkest days , I am not afraid to loose anything. I take care of everyone individually and with care and love.
ReplyDeleteI am the "oldest" one in my siblings. The quotation marks are for the fact that my mom considers my younger sister to be the real oldest, given that she is a bit more responsible and her favorite as well. In my family, however, there were two of us as we were growing up, but there are 2 more now that we are older. The two of us got equal amounts of attention.
ReplyDeleteMy most prominent characteristics are being the silly one, and the one to be missing from my house the most often. I'm often times gone for days at a time, coming only to sleep and getting up early in the morning again, but when I'm home I'm most often the one to get a conversation going, and making most of my family, especially my younger siblings laugh.