If you were to vote on whether or not it is better to be a first born, based solely on prestige and publicity, first borns (fbs) would, hands-down, be the winners! Over half of United States presidents and a majority of the CEO’s of this countries fortune 500 companies are first borns. These statistics alone […]
The Middle Child (Mc) is born into a world of conflicting demands and unclear expectations. The eldest child’s attention tends to swing either to the eldest or youngest child. As a result, middle children themselves seem to have coined a term specifically for them, “Middle Child Syndrome.” Like any birth order, there are both positive […]
Imagine, for a moment, your family was shuffled – sequentially. Your oldest was now your youngest, and your youngest, now your oldest. Would they be different? Would your first born, unaltered genetically, be the same were they to be born last? It becomes difficult to ignore the importance of birth order when you apply this question to your own family.