From the day a child lands himself on this planet he is loaded. Loaded, like bullets in the gun. Yes, you are absolutely right, it's not bullets but bullet like expectations. They expected you to be a calm bundle of warmth but you were a crank and hungry forever. They at times even expect your poop consistency to be of their choice. Now you can understand how far parents can take this too.

As a kid you would do anything to be the apple of their eyes. Singletons go through this to a lesser degree as they are over focussed but try asking the middle one's. They are like lost in the jungle types. No expectations and no botherations. Actually they don't seem to exist at all in the family of five. Parents expect you to excel GK, sports, music, dance, robotics, instruments, phonics, martial arts, math, science , social and even craft....