Does your place in the family shape your personality? A new large-scale study published in PNAS in December 2024 explores how birth order and family size may play a role—and found that middle children ...

Sibling birth order can affect your health and well-being in different ways. (Getty Images) While birth order is known to influence people’s personality traits and behavior, whether you’re the ...

If you’re born into a family with multiple children, you know that at times, birth order stereotypes can have hints of truth to them. For instance, while some firstborn children might be known for ...

My son has “middle child syndrome” despite my exhaustive effort to avoid such a diagnosis. Over the years, I’ve been careful to give my children equally-sized birthday presents and let all three get ...

Stuck in the middle? No problem, according to a new study that suggests middle children grow up to be "better" than their siblings. Anna - stock.adobe.com Middle children rule. That’s according to a ...

There will always be a never-ending debate with your siblings about who is the best. Whether you are the oldest, middle, or youngest child, you may never agree on an answer. However, what if we told ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. You don’t remember your first steps. But someone else ...

My son has “middle child syndrome” despite my exhaustive effort to avoid such a diagnosis. Over the years, I’ve been careful to give my children equally-sized birthday presents and let all three get ...