As middle children receive less attention than their other siblings, they seek out relationships and friendships outside of their family, and can be social butterflies.
In the children's book Zen Shorts by Jon Muth, a giant panda named Stillwater tells three stories to young siblings Addy, Michael, and Karl.
While my two baby brothers slept inside the house, my three older siblings played with friends around the corner, where I was not allowed to go.
However, I was not prepared for the day that Mom sat my siblings and me down and told us that Dad had decided to leave.
Just take the case of 10-year-old Rafi and 6-year-old Dvora Meitiv, siblings in Silver Spring, Md.
"GOT A FEW SCREWS LOOSE" This common put-down has a number of siblings, including "few spanners short of a toolbox", "few cards short of a deck", "not the brightest crayon in the box", "the light's on but no one's home" and my personal favourite: "fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down".
We talk about my siblings, her siblings, the president, and Philip Seymour Hoffman movies.
"GOT A FEW SCREWS LOOSE" This common put-down has a number of siblings, including "few spanners short of a toolbox", "few cards short of a deck", "not the brightest crayon in the box", "the light's on but no one's home" and my personal favourite: "fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down".
I don't need a man who needs me to remember the birthdays of his parents, siblings, and nieces and to buy their Christmas presents.
I have two siblings.
Since then, his mother worked outside while he had to stay at home and take care of his siblings.
Comparing genetically identical twins to non-identical siblings allows scientists to sort out the relative contributions of genes and environment, and when they did this they came up with surprising but unmistakable findings.
Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends, even closer than siblings.
" Her own dream was born in a sharecropper's shack in East Texas where there was no money for books or toys--she and her 11 siblings each got an apple, an orange and 10 nuts for Christmas.
Many schools give preference to siblings or alumni children.
An independent panel of judges then viewed the images for perceived age differences between the siblings.
My mother was a vocal supporter of corporal punishment, but for all her talking she has never spanked my siblings, and me only once.
The Tantrum My mother was a vocal supporter of corporal punishment, but for all her talking she has never spanked my siblings, and me only once.
While my two baby brothers slept inside the house, my three older siblings played with friends around the corner, where I was not allowed to go.
" "All the siblings of the graduates, please, stand.
