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Children are like waffles, the first one is always kinda (Original Post)
Floyd R. Turbo
Jun 2022
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kimbutgar
(27,248 posts)1. It's the first practice kid
As parents have more children they learn from experience. I am a second child and my parents were a lot easier on me and I learned by watching my older sister to not make the same mistakes. ( sadly)
LetMyPeopleVote
(179,868 posts)2. As the first born in my family, I disagree
whistler162
(11,155 posts)3. Zs the first born I agree with you
should drop the kinda!
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)4. Until the day she died, my mother always said I was a perfect child with no problems.
But what you need to know is I was the third child. Her previous experience with having children involved my two brothers, who were twins. I'm sure one is easier to handle than two.
GenThePerservering
(3,379 posts)5. Just call me "Bad Waffle" instead of "Bad Wolf"
I'm the youngest and I was a mess, so I guess my parents either never learned or retrograded.