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Life will change for Princess Charlotte as a middle child
Anyone who’s ever been the ‘middle child’ knows being sandwiched between siblings sometimes leaves you feeling a little overlooked.
As such, the arrival of a younger sibling could spell bad news for Princess Charlotte, as she is relegated from adorable baby of the family to that ‘dreaded’ middle spot.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's third child will undoubtably change the entire family dynamic, and it might be most difficult forPrincess Charlotte to adjust, with a parenting expert warning Wills and Kate to be on the lookout for middle child syndrome.
“It's nice because (the children) have got each other as company, but sometimes you can get a bit of sibling rivalry going on,” Sue Atkins told the Express UK.
“The first one is the eldest and the youngest gets away with murder - the middle child sometimes struggles to find their feet.”
Many middle children have often complained they feel ignored. Parents might put a lot of energy into their first child, and a new baby definitely requires attention – which could leave child number two feeling overlooked.
Sue, who wrote Parenting Made Easy: How To Raise Happy Children, says although having a third child is more of a challenge, it is also super exciting.
One piece of advice she has for the royal parents is to be mindful, and make sure to set aside quality time with each individual child.
It’s definitely not all doom and gloom though for middle children, with a report in Psychology Today outlining a host of skills they tend to have.
Apparently middle children grow into ‘excellent negotiators’ and ‘ skilful and savvy manipulators’, because they don’t always get their own way growing up.
They also tend to be ‘independent, think outside the box, feel less pressure to conform, and are more empathetic’.
That doesn’t sound too bad now does it?
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