Document Type
Comparison and Contrast Essay
Publication Date
1996
Excerpt
In general, it seems as if parents are over-protective and a little too strict with their first-born child. The oldest child is, more or less, the guinea pig of the parents. With their new parental power, Mom and Dad try out their rules and responsibilities with this first child, and, unfortunately for this kid, these regulations are somewhat on the strict side. Then, as the second and third child come along, these once severe parental policies appear to loosen up and even become non-existent. Unfortunately for me, my family demonstrates this concept perfectly. I am nineteen years old with two younger sisters, Candice, sixteen, and Carly, ten. Although some responsibilities and freedoms have been the same for all three of us, in general it seems as if I had it the roughest with my parents' rules and curfews, and life just got easier for my sisters.
Recommended Citation
Rossner, Jennifer, "Those Unfair Parents (1996)" (1996). The Valpo Core Reader. 192.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/192