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The Birth Order Effect

MOST OF US HAVE BIRTH ORDER EFFECT HEARD THE THE LONG-HELD THEORY THAT THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU AND YOUR SIBLINGS ARE BORN HAS AN IMPACT ON YOUR PERSONALITY AS AN ADULT. WHILE IT MAY NOT HOLD UP FOR EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD, STUDIES HAVE INDICATED THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF TRUTH IN THAT THEORY. HIGHEST 5 YEARS BIRTH RATE LOWEST BIRTH RATE 1.86 2.21 1.71 AVERAGE CHILDREN PER FAMILY IN U.S. UTAH WEST VIRGINIA GAP WHEN BIRTH ORDER IS RESTARTED THE FIRST-BORN THESE CHILDREN QUICKLY LEARN HOW TO PLEASE THEIR PARENTS – BECOMING CONSCIENTIOUS, ORGANIZED AND RELIABLE AND SERVING AS SURROGATE PARENTS TO YOUNGER SIBLINGS. FIRST-BORN CHARACTERISTICS: RELIABLE CONSCIENTIOUS STRUCTURED CAUTIOUS CONTROLLING ACHIEVING TOP CAREERS FOR FIRST-BORNS 100% 3,000 HOW MUCH MORE QUALITY HOURS GOVERNMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASTRONAUTS WHO'VE GONE INTO SPACE WHO WERE EITHER ELDEST CHILDREN OR ELDEST SONS SPENT WITH FIRST CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 4 AND 13 THAN THEIR NEXT SIBLING ENGINEERING SCIENCE FAMOUS FIRST-BORNS WALTER CRONKITE KEY BIRTH ONCE THE "MOST TRUSTED MAN IN AMERICA" CRONKITE FAMOUSLY REPORTED ON THE ORDER TRAIT: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE 1969 MOON LANDING. RELIABLE OPRAH WINFREY KEY WINFREY WENT FROM LOCAL CHICAGO TV BIRTH REPORTER TO ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL (AND WEALTHY) WOMEN IN THE WORLD. ORDER TRAIT: CONSCIENTIOUS WINSTON CHURCHILL KEY CHURCHILL'S STEADFAST REFUSAL TO CONSIDER BIRTH DEFEAT HELPED INSPIRE THE ENGLISH DURING ORDER WORLD WAR II: HE'S REGARDED AS ONE OF THE TRAIT: GREATEST WARTIME LEADERS IN HISTORY. CONTROLLING THE MIDDLE CHILD DIFFICULT TO CATEGORIZE, THEY AVOID BEING BOXED IN AND HAVE A MORE GO-WITH-THE-FLOW ATTITUDE THAN THEIR OLDER SIBLINGS. THEY TEND TO BE UNBIASED AND LEVELHEADED AND ARE GOOD AT NEGOTIATIONS, MOST LIKELY FROM PLAYING MEDIATOR BETWEEN THEIR SIBLINGS. MIDDLE-CHILD CHARACTERISTICS: PEOPLE-PLEASING SOMEWHAT REBELLIQUS GOOD FRIEND PEACEMAKER SOCIAL TOP CAREERS FOR MIDDLE AND SECOND CHILDREN 65% 80% PERCENTAGE OF MIDDLE CHILDREN WHO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO THEIR PARTNER PUBLIC SERVICE CARETAKING COMPARED TO 65% FOR FIRST-BORNS PERCENTAGE OF MIDDLE CHILDREN WHO PUT MONEY INTO THEIR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS EACH MONTH (MORE THAN THEIR OLDER AND YOUNGER COUNTERPARTS). THEY ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO BE ASKED FOR MONEY FROM A SIBLING. EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION AND 53% FOR YOUNGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT CHILDREN FAMOUS MIDDLE CHILDREN BARBARA WALTERS KEY BIRTH A TV JOURNALIST KNOWN FOR HER CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS, WALTERS WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO ORDER TRAIT: CO-HOST A NIGHTLY EVENING NEWS PROGRAM. SOCIAL JOHN F. KENNEDY A PRESIDENT WHOSE LIFE WAS CUT SHORT BY AN KEY ASSASSINATION, ONE OF KENNEDY'S BIGGEST BIRTH ACHIEVEMENTS WAS AVOIDING A NUCLEAR INCIDENT ORDER DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS OF 1962. TRAIT: PEACEMAKER MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, KEY BIRTH ORDER LEADER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960s, KING'S MESSAGE OF NON-VIOLENCE IN THE FACE OF ATTEMPTS AT REPRESSION HELPED GALVANIZE POPULAR TRAIT: THINKING IN FAVOR OF HIS MOVEMENT. REBELLIOUS THE BABY THESE CHILDREN USUALLY RECEIVE THE LEAST DISCIPLINE, THE FEWEST RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE. AS A RESULT OF BEING BABIED, THEY TEND TO BE TENDER AND ALTRUISTIC. THEY LEARN THAT BEING FUNNY AND ADORABLE GAINS ATTENTION AND APPROVAL. YOUNGEST CHARACTERISTICS FUN-LOVING UNCOMPLICATED MANIPULATIVE OUTGOING ATTENTION-SEEKING SELF-CENTERED TOP CAREERS FOR YOUNGEST CHILDREN 85% PERCENT OF YOUNGEST CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM NIGHTMARES, DESIGN ART SALES COMPARED TO 53% EDITING AND WRITING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF OLDEST CHILDREN. FAMOUS YOUNGEST CHILDREN MARK TWAIN KEY THE BELOVED AMERICAN AUTHOR AND HUMORIST BIRTH HAS BEEN CALLED THE FATHER OF AMERICAN ORDER TRAIT: LITERATURE. OUTGOING STEPHEN COLBERT THE YOUNGEST OF 11 SIBLINGS, COLBERT SHREWDLY PORTRAYS AN OBLIVIOUS, ARCH-CONSERVATIVE NEWSMAN. ATTENTION- SEEKING PRINCE HARRY THE YOUNGER OF THE TWO ENGLISH KEY PRINCES HAS PROVIDED TABLOID FODDER BIRTH ORDER OVER THE YEARS WITH HIS SOMEWHAT RECKLESS BEHAVIOR. TRAIT: FUN-LOVING THE ONLY CHILD THESE CHILDREN ARE TYPICALLY MATURE FOR THEIR AGE DUE TO TIME SPENT WITH ADULTS. MANY ARE HIGH ACHIEVERS, WITH A FEW REBELLING AND FOLLOWING THEIR OWN PATH. ONLY CHILD CHARACTERISTICS: MATURE PERFECTIONIST CONSCIENTIOUS DILIGENT TOP CAREERS FOR ONLY CHILDREN LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NURSING ENGINEERING 18% PERCENTAGE OF ONE-CHILD FAMILIES FAMOUS ONLY CHILDREN ELVIS PRESLEY KEY THE BEST-SELLING SOLO ARTIST IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC, PRESLEY REMAINS ONE F THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN BIRTH ORDER TRAIT: AMERICAN CULTURE. PERFECTIONIST FRANK SINATRA A SINGER AND ACTOR EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL AS A TEENAGER, SINATRA DEFINED AN ENTIRE GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC AND REPRESENTED A PARTICULAR KEY BIRTH ORDER TRAIT: SWANKY LIFESTYLE. MATURE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AMERICA'S LONGEST-SERVING PRESIDENT, ROOSEVELT GREW UP WITH A MOTHER WHO KEY BIRTH ORDER LAVISHED ATTENTION ON HIM. TRAIT: DILIGENT SOURCES http: htp://www.dailymail.co.uk http//w om • http://www.besthealthmag.ca http://www.parents.com http//www.chunews.com http:lpbskids.org m• http://www.census.gov http: • http://news.byu.edu • http:/ljobs.aol.com • http://chronicle augusta.com •http://www.huffingtonpost.com • http://wwwwebmd.com • http://www.askdrgayle.com • http:l/www.telegraph.co.uk http://www.encyclopedia.com • http://www.philly.com • http://www.yahoo.com • hetp://content time.com BESTPSYCHOLOGYDEGREES.COM

The Birth Order Effect

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Many of us have heard the adages and sayings about birth order, and how it impacts the characters of the children in the family. But research is starting to show that the long-held beliefs may be sta...

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