Unless you're an only child, you know that where you fall in the lineup of your family has massive repercussions on your life growing up, in addition to your personality, your maturity and the person you ultimately become. It's the classic nature vs nurture conundrum. I'm a business major so I will not be discussing the psychological aspects of how the brain and emotions work in terms of why you turn out the way you do. I'm going to talk about how you're treated growing up. Let me know if I'm wrong.

If you're the oldest:

• You didn't get a cellphone until you were at least in high school, whereas your youngest sibling got one in middle school.
• You actually had to study and schedule your permit test with your parents.
• You didn't get your driver’s license until a few months after you were legally eligible.
• Every moment of your life is documented with videos, pictures and scrapbooks.
• All of your birthday parties were homemade.
• You were part of every little league team, gymnastics group, after school club and music lesson.
• You had homemade family Sunday brunch.
• You got presents for birthdays, not checks.

If you're the youngest:

• You went from being three to 18 without any of the in between birthdays.
• If you find a picture of yourself growing up, it's a reason to celebrate.
• You got a cell phone the first time you asked.
• Your parents couldn't wait for you to get a license--the only problem is that they have no interest in teaching you and without any other kids at home they don't mind driving you around.
• Your birthdays are all at actual places because who has the energy anymore?
• You didn't even go to open houses for schools because if it was good enough for your older sibling, it's good enough for you.
• You have serious skills when it comes to self-soothing because your house is already basically an empty nest.
• You were spoiled rotten.

And then there's the always popular middle child:

You have MCS (middle child syndrome) that means that you basically got the worst of both worlds. You probably got less attention from your parents, but in a good way that basically gave you free reign. Being a middle child definitely has its pros and cons just like every other placement but the really special part is that you were able to develop and cultivate a very special brand of “annoying.” So cheers to all the middle children out there, we are a very special and elite group with our own set of rules.