Studies Say Middle Kids Tend To Give Back More

Some believe birth order has absolutely nothing to do with who we are, but then there are many who swear by it. Recent studies we couldn’t get enough of have said that the first borns are inherently smarter, and the youngest are more likely to be about that baller life, but in all of these the middle child was of course left forgotten.

Per usual, am I right? Well that is until now and while us middle kids may not be considered the brains or the money makers, we at least have the biggest hearts.

In pop culture we've come to know the middle child as a variety of things including forgettable, outcasts and moody. That should change though because this study claims that middle is more likely than their siblings to be unselfish, and care a lot more about the concerns of others than their own well-being.

Makes total sense when you think about it. The middle child doesn't have a lot of attention aimed at them per say, so they've learned to live without it. This gives them more time to care about others rather than themselves. This also goes hand in hand with what the other studies about their older and younger siblings had to say. The middle child may feel overshadowed by the smarts of the older sibling as well as the rebellious nature of the younger one. So they’re left with giving back to others to get ahead in life.

Looking back through history, puts more truth to this claim. Abe Lincoln, who went on to free the slaves, was a middle child. In more modern times, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, two very charitable men, were born in the middle as well.

Then there's insanely famous ladies like Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez who do their own part for the LGBTQ community. All in all, while the middle child doesn't always get the upper-hand in many ways at least they have heart. Which in some cases is a lot better than smarts and money, at least that’s what us middle kids will keep telling ourselves.