Paul Houle🙈 Our study shows younger siblings spend more time on screens than big sisters and brothers
Front Page7 innate traits that make Middle Children the best children
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/middle-children-have-seven-great-traits-ex1
7 innate traits that make Middle Children the best children
Debbie ButlerAre you the oldest child?
Ever feel like you’re the family’s emotional punching bag, blamed for everything while your siblings skate free?
The “curse of the oldest child” is real—scapegoating, parental resentment, and a lifetime of carrying everyone else’s baggage. Dive into my latest Substack post to unpack why being the firstborn is a raw deal.
Share if this hits home! https://open.substack.com/pub/deborahbutler/p/the-curse-of-the-oldest-child
#OldestChild #BirthOrder #FamilyDynamics
Ever feel like you’re the family’s emotional punching bag, blamed for everything while your siblings skate free?
The “curse of the oldest child” is real—scapegoating, parental resentment, and a lifetime of carrying everyone else’s baggage. Dive into my latest Substack post to unpack why being the firstborn is a raw deal.
Share if this hits home! https://open.substack.com/pub/deborahbutler/p/the-curse-of-the-oldest-child
#OldestChild #BirthOrder #FamilyDynamics
Centre for Population Change🔖 NEW findings from the ESRC-funded FertilityTrends project
The first study to examine how having children in Britain has changed over 3 decades, by child order (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.), and to compare these changes between England & Wales and Scotland
➡️Article: https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2025.2491354
#fertility #birthorder #demography #population #populationstudies #socialscience #family #havingchildren #birthrates
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬Why Your Big #Sister Resents You
“#EldestDaughterSyndrome” assumes that #birthorder shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?
The stereotypes are familiar to many of us: #Firstborn #children are reliable and high-achieving; middle children are sociable and rebellious (and overlooked); and youngest children are charming and manipulative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/well/family/birth-order-siblings.html
https://archive.ph/S2Ynx
“#EldestDaughterSyndrome” assumes that #birthorder shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?
The stereotypes are familiar to many of us: #Firstborn #children are reliable and high-achieving; middle children are sociable and rebellious (and overlooked); and youngest children are charming and manipulative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/well/family/birth-order-siblings.html
https://archive.ph/S2Ynx
DrFarrellRelax Second, Middle, or Younger Child; the Firstborn Isn’t a Super Kid #children #birth #intelligence #families #birthorder https://buff.ly/4aYFCHB
Henrik DobewallDid someone ever try what happens when running a well powered #withinsibling #gwas on being first born / #birthorder? I am no real expert in any of the #s but would like to know :-)