While birth order is known to influence people’s personality traits and behavior, whether you’re the cautious firstborn or the risk-taking youngest child, that’s not the only way it affects your life.

While personality isn’t set in stone, your birth order can play a large influence, probably due in part to the shifting family dynamics as younger siblings appear (or not). Face it, the firstborn ...

Science shows birth order doesn’t shape personality. Our traits come from genes, peers, and experience, not our place in the ...

When you think about your childhood, how much do relationships with your siblings come to mind? Or, what if you had no siblings, and could therefore claim the status (and the throne?) as the only ...

Ever looked at your kids and thought, “How did they all come from the same womb?” Turns out, birth order might have something to do with it. Psychologists have long studied how your place in the ...

The question of whether siblings' birth order shapes their personality has puzzled families and psychologists for years. But ...

While birth order is known to influence people’s personality traits and behavior, whether you’re the cautious first-born or the risk-taking youngest child, that’s not the only way it affects your life ...

According to science, birth order personalities are not a thing. As the eldest child, I disagree. Here's why (plus the science behind the studies). I called my mother to set the record straight. Have ...

In modern dating, an unexpected factor is coming to light, how family dynamics influence dating and reshape modern romance birth order. Long considered a relic of childhood anecdotes, birth order now ...

An individual’s genetics and their environment both shape their personality. However, opinions differ on the degree to which each of these factors influences personality, and how they contribute to ...