Do the birth order personality types ring true for you and the people you know?
Are you a typical firstborn or middle or youngest child? I’ve been pretty fascinated by the topic of birth order personalities, ever since I wrote a blog post claiming middle kids are more interesting than their siblings. (I’m obviously biased, being the super-middle middle child in my own family.)
The thing is, there really do seem to be some very fixed stereotypes when it comes to birth order. As I mentioned on my blog, this is the reason that when eldest kids are bossy, we’re all “Gosh, you’re such an eldest kid.” Or, when youngest kids are acting helpless or irresponsible, we say “OMG you’re such abunso!” Only kids are easy too — when only kids don’t share or play nice, we think “Hmmm, only kid. I get it.”