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 ...

Dr. Catherine Salmon, PhD., is a professor in the psychology department at the University of Redlands. With expertise in evolutionary psychology and human sexuality, she has served as associate editor ...

Confession: I once forgot my second son at the gym. He was 4, safe in the child care center (no children were harmed in the making of this family lore!), but somehow my husband and I each thought the ...

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 ...

Overlooked and underappreciated, middle children like Jan Brady ("The Brady Bunch"), Andre Johnson Jr. ("Black-ish") and Stephanie Tanner ("Full House") make their mark with their sibling jealousy and ...

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 ...