News, Researchers have now proven what many of us anecdotally knew to be true: Parents are less strict on their younger. (teaching, baby)

[JD59]

Researchers have now proven what many of us anecdotally knew to be true: Parents are less strict on their younger children.

Scientists Prove That Younger Siblings Get Less Discipline | Newsweek Culture | Newsweek.com

[wanderintonc]

My three older boys say this about my two younger girls all the time! They say, Mom, you are getting soft! I tell them, guys, I'm tired, it's probably true LOL

They are reffering to little kid issues-all five are generally well behaved-we're talking about things like helping clear dishes.

[FarNorthDallas]

Yeah, most of my son's friends are the youngest child of the family which is nice since they are so laid back about parenting by this point. You don't hear much judging of other people's parenting which is cool, and they don't have these random arbitrary rules just to prove they are Good Parents. There is one family though that might be too laid back with their #5. They have totally hung up their parenting hat and it has been a bit of a problem.

[garota123]

Originally Posted by wanderintonc

My three older boys say this about my two younger girls all the time! They say, Mom, you are getting soft! I tell them, guys, I'm tired, it's probably trueLOL

They are reffering to little kid issues-all five are generally well behaved-we're talking about things like helping clear dishes.

Sounds like my parents. I'm the youngest girl with 2 older brothers, and i know i never got disciplined like my brothers or had as many responsiblities around the house. I guess by the time i came around they got tired of it all.

[Laura707]

I worked in the school system (high school) for over 20 years and I could always pick out the baby of the families. They had the attitude that the world was there to serve them and was always so busy "being cute" that they were extreemly annoying. As a game to myself, I would pick them out then ask if they was the youngest and they always were. I was right 100% of the time.

I am now working in an adult world where we are all suppose to be adults and I can still pick them out. They expect everyone else to pick up their slack and to clean up after them and have that annoying "aren't I cute, I am so special" attitude. They never make it where I work because it is a dangerous job and immaturity has no place in that job. It is so sad to see a big guy acting like a spoiled rotten kid that expects the world to serve THEM.

Parents are doing these kids no favor teaching them that they are so cute and special that they are exempt from the rules the rest of the world lives by. They are not teaching them to live in the real world where they will need the skill to make it on their own and it is a rude awakening for these children to be shoved into such a cruel world where they are held accountable for their own actions.