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Birth Order Books
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The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as birth-order)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,192 ratings — published 1984
The Weird Sisters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as birth-order)
avg rating 3.37 — 47,718 ratings — published 2011
The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as birth-order)
avg rating 3.30 — 1,550 ratings — published 2009
Growing Up Firstborn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as birth-order)
avg rating 3.87 — 110 ratings — published 1989
The Pecking Order: A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become (Vintage)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 3.23 — 243 ratings — published 2004
You Were the First (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 4.11 — 549 ratings — published 2013
Birth Order Blues: How Parents Can Help their Children Meet the Challenges of their Birth Order (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 3.59 — 39 ratings — published 1999
The Birth Order Effect: How to Better Understand Yourself and Others (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 3.59 — 86 ratings — published 2002
How to Love Your Children: Birth Order for Parents (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1992
Understanding Yourself Through Birth Order (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
The Birth Order Challenge: Expanding Your Horizons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1991
Everything You Need to Know About Birth Order (Need to Know Library)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 3.17 — 6 ratings — published 2000
My Youngest, There's No One Like You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 4.59 — 29 ratings — published 2005
My Firstborn, There's No One Like You (Birth Order Book)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 4.29 — 55 ratings — published 2004
My Middle Child, There's No One Like You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as birth-order)
avg rating 4.21 — 29 ratings — published 2005
Big Red Lollipop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as birth-order)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,193 ratings — published 2010
The Secret Power of Middle Children: How Middleborns Can Harness Their Unexpected and Remarkable Abilities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as birth-order)
avg rating 3.59 — 283 ratings — published 2011
The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as birth-order)
avg rating 4.18 — 41,836 ratings — published 2018
The Ultimate Personality Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as birth-order)
avg rating 3.18 — 22 ratings — published 2001
Little Women and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as birth-order)
avg rating 3.19 — 1,340 ratings — published 2011
Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as birth-order)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,882 ratings — published 2002
“…brotherhood of the firstborn, which can be both a blessing and a curse: the overwhelming attention to the detail of their lives and development. The expectations that run too high: being the bridge between adults and children, one foot in either place and the accompanying hollow lonely feeling of being nowhere.”
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“Lacking older siblings, the oldest or only child identifies primarily with her parents, conforming to their ideals and demands, not the least reason being that she no one with whom to share those demands. Since firstborns try to live up to the expectations of adults- teachers' as well as parents'- rather than that of peers, they are likely to learn more and to bring home better report cards than younger siblings. Thus firstborns pave the way for younger siblings, setting the standards against which they are measured and measure themselves.
Middle children tend to be more gregarious and more dependent on the approval of peers than that of adults. For one thing they have the example of the older sibling- who has the credibility of generational sameness- to guide them in their decisions and to teach them the rules of the family road. An older sister who was grounded for a month for coming home late from a date, for instance, is a lesson not lost on her younger sister or brother.
At the same time younger children are buffered by birth order from their parents' sole concentration. Hence they are treated with more indulgence and are called upon less to take on responsibilities.”
― Women and Their Fathers: The Sexual and Romantic Impact of the First Man in Your Life
Middle children tend to be more gregarious and more dependent on the approval of peers than that of adults. For one thing they have the example of the older sibling- who has the credibility of generational sameness- to guide them in their decisions and to teach them the rules of the family road. An older sister who was grounded for a month for coming home late from a date, for instance, is a lesson not lost on her younger sister or brother.
At the same time younger children are buffered by birth order from their parents' sole concentration. Hence they are treated with more indulgence and are called upon less to take on responsibilities.”
― Women and Their Fathers: The Sexual and Romantic Impact of the First Man in Your Life
