I have a question and PLEASE dont anybody blast me for typecasting, this was not MY statement, it was a LCSW I was friends with. She claims that a huge % of nurses are first born females of alcoholic fathers. Something to do with the fact that as the first born in dysfunction family of origin you are a caregiver from the get-go. Now my father was not an alcoholic, but I am a first born. I was wondering how many of us are first-borns. (Also, she said this to me a long time ago, and I have lost touch with her, so I cannot ask her where the heck she got her information was) I was just starting school at the time and didnt really fight with her about it, just kind of gave her one of the Hmmm, thats an interesting opinion.... answers. Also, she meant it as a compliment, that we take a difficult beginning and build on our strengths and turn them into a career.
wow... My mom (an LPN) was first born and had an alcoholic father. My biological father is an alcoholic. Both my mom & stepdad are recovered alcoholics. I'm first born and start my RN program in week and a half.
An only child, so I guess that does make me 1st born. No alcoholism in my parents. My aunt was an alcoholic, but my parents pretty much kept me away from her for the most part. I was, however, a latch-key kid starting at the age of 6 or 7 and felt like I raised myself to work-a-holic parents.
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Ruby Vee, BSN
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i'm the oldest, dh is 3rd of 5, my sister is youngest and my ex-hubby was 2 of 4.