I took the survey. Out of curiosity (too late to change now) what should I have answered if I’m not my father’s first child, but I’m the first child he had with my mom? (There are kids from my dad’s first marriage, but I didn’t grow up with them).
I went with “no older siblings” since I assumed this was a question about socialization (or maybe even about uterine environment) but not siring. But I’d like to know for next year.
I would also like to know for next year. I have four older siblings on my father’s side, and two on my mother’s, and only spent any home time with one (from my mother’s side). So, I answered 6 for older, but depending on whether this was a socialization or uterine environment question, the best answer might have been either 1 or 2 for older.
I had the same situation. I was the oldest child my father had with my mom although I have siblings that are older that I didn’t grow up with. I’m the only child of my step-father (they had no natural children) so I grew up as an old child and that is what I went with.
I took the survey. Out of curiosity (too late to change now) what should I have answered if I’m not my father’s first child, but I’m the first child he had with my mom? (There are kids from my dad’s first marriage, but I didn’t grow up with them).
I went with “no older siblings” since I assumed this was a question about socialization (or maybe even about uterine environment) but not siring. But I’d like to know for next year.
This should be a warning to us all about how hard it is to frame a good queston.
I would also like to know for next year. I have four older siblings on my father’s side, and two on my mother’s, and only spent any home time with one (from my mother’s side). So, I answered 6 for older, but depending on whether this was a socialization or uterine environment question, the best answer might have been either 1 or 2 for older.
I had the same situation. I was the oldest child my father had with my mom although I have siblings that are older that I didn’t grow up with. I’m the only child of my step-father (they had no natural children) so I grew up as an old child and that is what I went with.