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Why First-borns Rule the World and Later-borns Want to Change It

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Why First-borns Rule the World and Later-borns Want to Change It

By: Michael Grose
Narrated by: Jeremy Stanford
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 There are many factors affecting a child's personality and the adult they become, but the least understood is birth order.

Why is it that children in a family can share the same gene pool, a similar socio-economic environment and experience similar parenting styles yet have fundamentally different personalities, interests and even different careers as adults? Birth order! The implications for parents, teachers and adults involved with children are many.

First published in 2003 to great acclaim, this fully revised and updated edition seeks to increase the reader's understanding of birth order theory, including the impact of a child's broader social environment and the rise of the standard two-child family, where the second-born is simultaneously the last-born. It will enable you to delve a little deeper and look for the constellation of positions within a family, giving you a clearer picture of your own quirks and ambitions, along with those of your siblings, children, partner, workmates, friends and colleagues.

Addressing multiple births, children with a disability, genetic engineering, blended families, gender balance, only children and birth-order balance in the workplace, parenting expert and father of three Michael Grose challenges parents to raise each child differently according to his or her birth order. Parenting & Families Relationships Sociology
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Really interesting topic and helpful in understanding family dynamics. Narrator was great and easy to listen to. Would like to explore the topic more after reading this book.

Great book

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Interesting concept, but this was very repetitive, it could've been much shorter and maybe have had more impact

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Found the info interesting. Well told. Not the most gripping. But it does explain some stuff.

Interesting

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