Although National Middle Child Day is not particularly well-known in South Africa, it is nonetheless celebrated across the United States on August 12 each year.
This day gives special recognition to the middle child/children in the family and was created by Elizabeth Walker in the ’80s. It was originally intended to be observed on the second Saturday in August, however, along the way it has become generally accepted to celebrate it on August 12, the National Day Calendar reports. In a newspaper article submitted by her grandson, Litton Walker, III, Walker stated that she wanted to create a national day to honour those ”born in the middle of families” whom she felt were “left out”. The name was later changed to National Middle Child Day.
It is furthermore believed by many that birth order plays a pivotal role in the personalities of children. The “Middle Child Syndrome” states that the firstborn is often the leader and the role player while the youngest is always considered the baby of the family, therefore, leaving the middle child without a special “role”.
Mamiverse identified the following characteristics middle children have:
- They feel less pressure to achieve than firstborns.
- They are more independent than firstborns and babies.
- They tend to be open-minded.
- Middle children are master negotiators.
- They make well-adjusted adults.
- They are trailblazers.
- They are good listeners.
- Middle children know how to stand out
- They are great leaders.
- They are ambitious.
- They are seekers of justice.
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