middle-child syndrome

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“I, too, was expecting my third child and was concerned about the “middle-child syndrome.” And all the things I had read⟳ and heard about happened as soon as I brought the baby home. Plus other symptoms developed as time went on. For three years, we had a typical middle child even though we tried to make⟳ him feel⟳ important.”

“As the fifth of nine children, growing up in a comfortable Chicago suburb, he may just be suffering from the world’s worst case of middle-child syndrome.”

“I have⟳ middle-child syndrome and generally bounce around rooms like⟳ a Labrador retriever trying to make⟳ sure everyone is okay.”

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