Birth order theory has been around for more than 100 years. In the early 1900s, Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler, a contemporary of Freud, first suggested that birth order defined our personality.

First born, second child, middle child, only child, the baby of the family: does birth order really mean anything when it comes to our personalities?

Our topic was birth order and the way it influences how we grow up. A woman came on the line to complain bitterly that, because she was the youngest in a large family, no one would take her seriously.

Order of birth is a consideration in my clinical work. I have always liked the French psychoanalyst Jacque Lacan’s description of how we come ‘into this world in Act 3’ suggesting the ...

Explaining the relation between birth order and intelligence. Science, 316(5832), 1717. Damian, R. & Roberts, B. (2015). Settling the debate on birth order and personality.

Youngest children are the moment - and they know it. Often described as outgoing, attention-seeking, and a little rebellious, ...

Birth Order Theory - the theory that what order you were born in affects your personality - is back in vogue. On TikTok the hashtag Birth Order has 594.6M views, and people have gotten so into the ...

The birth order dating theory has been around for over a century. Today, the hashtag #birthorder may have 690.5 million views on TikTok. But the idea that children may inherit ...