This meme is hilariously on point with regard to the middle child consistently getting left out. Don’t forget that the middle sibling usually makes it a point to know all of your business, so it’s best to remember that they actually exist — especially on a day literally meant to celebrate their existence.

Hopefully on a day meant to celebrate middle children, all of the parents of middles out there will show some love to their second-born. And if they don’t, middle kids will most certainly take heed from this meme, steal the car, and eat some cake anyway.

As a first-born who knows that being the kid who your parents practice on before your younger siblings are born isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, I have to say that birth order really does matter. Cheers to the middles who have no clue what that’s like. (Just kidding!)

The look on this little kid’s face just really says it all. It’s like he can see all the way into his future and it’s bleak. So bleak. But hey, at least there’s National Middle Child Day, right? For one single, solitary day of the year, middle kids get the spotlight.

This is such a tongue-in-cheek meme and I love it. Therapy is one of the literal best things a person can do for themselves, in my humble opinion, and nobody deserves to do right by their mental health more than a middle child.

If you’re a middle kid whose parents consistently forgot to pick them up from piano lessons (or take you in the first place), forgot to plan your birthday party until the day before, or just plain forgot that you existed, this meme is for you.

Even these kittens get it — the plight of the middle child, that is. One day, though there will be an uprising of forgotten middle children, and I hope the kitty in the middle of this meme is a part of it.

Shout out to arguably the best Jurassic Park meme out there for giving a nod to National Middle Child Day, even if it does just reinforce the fact that the middles are forever forgotten. Hopefully if you’re a middle kid who is on the receiving end of this meme, you know it’s all in good fun.

Stephanie Tanner for the win. Middle children may be the butt of most jokes, but there are still some upsides to being born in between your siblings. For starters, you may just be the one with all the good genes.

Jan Brady is basically the poster child for middle children up and their feelings about being overshadowed by their siblings. If you’re a middle child, take a page out of Jan’s book and just complain loudly and repeatedly until someone hears you.

Look, if you’re a middle child, you just have to understand that your parents are tired, OK? They’ve got their hands full keeping up with your big sibling and all of their endeavors while simultaneously juggling the antics of your younger sib. I promise they’ll remember to show up for the big stuff, though.

The cream in an Oreo is hands-down the best part about a cookie — it’s so delish that some people literally scrape it out and eat it first. For all of the ultra-cool middle kids out there, you’re actually the best part of your family and everyone knows it.

Look, I’m not saying that every parent forgets about their middle child once in a while, but I’m also not not saying it. Since National Middle Child day is all about celebrating the in-between kids, at least that’s one day they won’t be forgotten.

The “largely invisible scent” label is just so spot-on for middle kids. In case you didn’t know, this soap isn’t just a meme — it’s real. There’s also a middle child candle to go with it that you can order online to celebrate National Middle Child Day.

Middle children are usually balanced and happy, but can also be a little bit forgettable. They’re not the youngest, and they’re not the oldest, but middle children have a specific combination of traits that make them the kid that their family would be incomplete without.