the scientific community and general public have been fascinated with figuring out whether there are legitimate effects based on a person’s position among siblings.The AsapSCIENCE TikTok account, ...

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, responsible ...

It’s an idea perhaps as old as families: Your birth order helps shape who you are. Whether you’re the driven, responsible older kid; the wisecracking, attention-seeking middle child; or the coddled, ...

According to science, birth order personalities are not a thing. As the eldest child, I disagree. Here's why (plus the science behind the studies). I called my mother to set the record straight. Have ...

If you want to understand personality and career choice, you may have considered birth order. Classic psychology suggested the order of your birth within your family (born first, born in the middle, ...

If you are a parent of multiple children, you most likely notice that each one is different from the others. Birth order plays a role in these differences. Many experts believe that the order in which ...

Not too long ago I explained why people still “feel sorry” for only children. Negative thoughts and myths about them have swirled for centuries. And in spite of a steady spike in the only-child ...

Birth order goes in and out of style in academic psychology, but is a perennial favorite in popular psychology. Time Magazine recently featured a cover story about the general implications of birth ...

For years, the scientific community and general public have been fascinated with figuring out whether there are legitimate effects based on a person’s position among siblings (or lack thereof, only ...

In a family, birth order refers to your place in relation to your other siblings (e.g. first born, last born) or if you're an only child. And there are so many stereotypes about birth order! For ...