同学们好，今天我们来分析一篇超级难的summarize written text文章 - parents birth order。

这篇文章最难的难点就是其第一句话，也是文章主旨句，的分析。而这一句话也是同学们能不能理解文章后面部分内容的关键。

Parents’ own birth order can become an issue when dynamics in the family they are raising replicate the family in which they were raised. 

这句话中有3个从句，其中第一个是when引导的状语从句，第二个是省略了which的定语从句they are raising修饰family，而第三个则是in which的定语从句修饰另一个family。其结构如下：

红色为从句1 

蓝色为从句2 

棕色为从句3

Parents’ own birth order can become an issue when dynamics in the family they are raising replicate the family in which they were raised. 

那么，我们在来理解一下这句话的意思：

主句 - 家长自己的出生顺序会成为一个问题

从句1 - 在什么时候？在一个家庭的变量复制了另一个家庭变量的时候

从句2 - 第一个家庭为家长自己抚养小孩的家庭

从句3 - 第二个家庭为家长自己被抚养长大的家庭

综合起来，就是家长自己的出生顺序会在自己组建的家庭的变量复制了自己原生家庭变量的时候成为一个问题。

同学们可以发现，即便是中文，这句话都难以理解。那么我们如果在简化一点的话，这句话可以变成：家长会和自己有同样出生顺序的孩子产生矛盾。

比如：你是你父母的第一胎，那么你会容易和你的第一胎产生矛盾，以此类推。

所以这篇文章就是按照这样的一个思路展开的，那么在理解了主旨句以后，剩下的内容就不难了，原文如下：

（概括答案和一句话逻辑在文末）

Parents’ own birth order can become an issue when dynamics in the family they are raising replicate the family in which they were raised. Agati notes common examples, such as a firstborn parent getting into “raging battles” with a firstborn child. “Both are used to getting the last word. Each has to be right. But the parent has to be the grown-up and step out of that battle,” he advises. When youngest children become parents, Agati cautions that because they “may not have had high expectations placed on them, they in turn may not see their kids for their abilities.”
But he also notes that since youngest children tend to be more social, “youngest parents can be helpful to their firstborn, who may have a harder time with social situations. These parents can help their eldest kids loosen up and not be so hard on themselves. Mom Susan Ritz says her own birth order didn’t seem to affect her parenting until the youngest of her three children, Julie, was born. Julie was nine years younger than Ritz’s oldest, Joshua, mirroring the age difference between Susan and her own older brother. “I would see Joshua do to Julie what my brother did to me,” she says of the taunting and teasing by a much older sibling.“I had to try not to always take Julie’s side.” Biases can surface no matter what your own birth position was, as Lori Silverstone points out. “As a middle myself, I can be harder on my older daughter. I recall my older sister hitting me,” she says of her reactions to her daughters’ tussles. “My husband is a firstborn. He’s always sticking up for the oldest. He feels bad for her that the others came so fast. He helps me to see what that feels like, to have that attention and then lose it.” Silverstone sees birth-order triggers as “an opportunity to heal parts of ourselves. I’ve learned to teach my middle daughter to stand up for herself. My mother didn’t teach me that. I’m conscious of giving my middle daughter tools so she has a nice way to protect herself.”
Whether or not you subscribe to theories that birth order can affect your child’s personality, ultimately, “we all have free will,” Agati notes. It’s important for both parents and kids to realize that, despite the characteristics often associated with birth order, “you’re not locked into any role.

参考答案：

Although biases can surface no matter what your own birth position was, parents’ own birth order can become an issue when dynamics in the family they are raising replicate the family in which they were raised, but youngest parents can be helpful to their firstborn with their social situations while parents and kids should both realize that they are not locked into any role.

秒懂逻辑：

家长会和自己有同样出生顺序的孩子产生矛盾，而且会对孩子产生偏见，但是家长其实可以帮助自己的孩子，而且无论是家长和孩子都不应该有固化思维。

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