
English Teacher
Hi
Are there any special terms or expressions that refer to the last child of the family, who is sometimes indulged with a lot of things. I heard "the child of the family", is that true?
Thanks a million.
Being a non-native teacher, I'm so thrilled being in such a superb forum.
Adults will even refer to their sibling as "the baby in the family" - despite the "baby" being in his or her 40s or older. So I'd say it's pretty universal!
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
A great many of us seem to fall into that category!
I would add that it doesn't necessarily imply the youngest is spoiled, which you mentioned at the beginning of this thread.
It just means that the parents, having realized they'd achieved perfection at last, didn't see a need for more children. Or something like that.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
I would add that it doesn't necessarily imply the youngest is spoiled, which you mentioned at the beginning of this thread. It just means that the parents, having realized they'd achieved perfection at last, didn't see a need for more children.
I resemble that remark, as the second of four, with a perfect little sister.
not a teacher
not perfect
I have no brothers or sisters but am one of four cousins who spent quite a lot of time together as children. The youngest is still referred to as the baby and on the rare occasion that all four of us are present at Christmas dinner, we four "children" still get a different Christmas cracker on our plate and the dinner host still says "Let the kids take their seats first please". The four of us "kids" range in age from 28 to 43!
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
Sometimes, We used the word " afterthought", which is slangy and humorous, and probably not as universal as "baby".
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