Second children
I had a great
conversation with Carli’s teacher about her class this year. It seems that these little six year olds have a very laid back and “chilled” take on life. There seems to be no real drive to succeed, compete or even impress their teacher. If they are reprimanded, they just take it in their stride with an attitude of ‘don’t get your knickers in a knot, it’s not that serious’. There is no keen sense of healthy competition amongst the peer group. No inner drive to go all out and tackle the tasks that are presented to them. Yet these kids are mostly highly capable, bright and fun-loving little individuals.
As we continued in our conversation it dawned on us that more than half of the class have older siblings. So of course we got to thinking about what the effects of being a second child were. I’ve often heard mom’s talking about how responsible, competitive and focused their first borns are, and how relaxed their second’s are in nature. (Of course we also know that we as mom’s were more relaxed second time round.)
Well here in front of our eyes we seem to have a case in point and a perfect opportunity to continue to observe and nurture a majority group of second born children in Gr R N.
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Hi Leish
Well, this is certainly one of my favourite topics!!!
I’m very interested, because we have a completely different scenario. And so the plot thickens…
In Brad, the first born, we have the gentle, social being with a very curious mind. He is interested in so many things, that he doesn’t come across as particularly focused.
Amy, as the second child, is extremely driven to achieve – the youngest in her class always, and pushing herself to be the best in everything she does. We believe it stems from always trying to keep up with her older brother. Is she the exception???
The big question that I can’t answer yet, is what is the impact of being born third?? At 17 months, it is hard to tell yet with Connor. But we continue to be fascinated by the things that he picks up from his siblings, his speech and his love of people and animals. Will he be more like Carli and her classmates? Have to wait and see….
So if you find any interesting articles, please post the links. Love to read more….
PS Very nice new layout!
Oh boy Heather the plot does thicken. Guess the beauty of our children is that we can’t box them. We are forced to see them as individuals. Keeps us on our toes for sure. Thanks for reading my blog and for responding. So nice to get others opinions on the topic of not only growing our kids but growing ourselves in the process.