Forget the labels you assign to yourself or your children based on your or their position in a sibling hierarchy. Personality traits we have long applied to firstborn, middle, or youngest children ...

A researcher named Alfred Adler developed birth order theory in the 20th century. The theory claims that the order in which a child is born shapes their development and personality. Adler also claimed ...

Birth order doesn’t just determine when family photos are arranged. According to developmental psychologists, your position in the family constellation significantly influences personality development ...

Are you a responsible oldest child, an overlooked middle, or a free-wheeling baby? For those who adhere to the theory that birth order influences personality, the answer to that question may hold the ...

There are enough people in the Kardashian-Jenner family now they could start their own football team and have players to spare. Learn their birth order and other facts about each one of the Kardashian ...

One Friday afternoon at a party, I’m sitting next to a mother of two. Her baby is only a couple of weeks old. They’d taken a long time, she tells me, to come up with a name for their second child.

Past studies of birth order suggest that firstborns are more likely to be leaders or scholars. A new study looks at a large sample of people and found negligible effects of being firstborn. External ...

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