Birth order, according to conventional wisdom, molds personality: Firstborn children, secure with their place in the family and expected to be the mature ones, grow up to be intellectual ...

Birth order can also have an impact in unexpected areas. For example, researchers found that firstborn children have a greater difficulty absorbing sugars into the blood and have a higher daytime ...

Birth order differences can emerge before the age of three. Skip to main content. Scientific American. November 3, 2016. 4 min read. Why First-Born Children May Have Greater Success.

According to Adler's research, only children mature a lot faster than kids with siblings. That has a lot to do with having ...

Does birth order affect children in other ways, shaping personalities, interests, and futures? Some experts believe it does, and in some cases there's intriguing, though inconclusive, evidence.

Each birth order position certainly has its ups and downs, but with some careful consideration on your part, each child will thrive, no matter their place in your family.

The associations of birth order with birth weight and length were slightly stronger in Pelotas compared with ALSPAC; for example, in the Pelotas 2004 cohort first born children had a birth weight ...

Birth order doesn’t affect your personality—just your intelligence Extraversion and other personality traits can't be attributed to your status as middle child.