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>All Siblings are different despite having same parents, same upbringing, same environment at home.

But the attention varies, youngest gets the most attention in most families.

And in many parts of the world, Sex matters too. Usually male child getting more resources.



The oldest child definitely gets the most parental attention and investment in most families - this is pretty much a universal finding across cultures as well.


> But the attention varies, youngest gets the most attention in most families.

Isn't the attention equally distributed because everybody is at one time 'youngest' ?


I think that depends upon the number of children and interval between each child.


If you have two kids, the first might be "youngest" for a couple of years and the second will be "youngest" for a lifetime.


It is obvious I don't have kids. You are right, hadn't considered this.




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