What does your birth order mean?

I am the youngest of my family, and the description pretty much fits me well, lol

what is your birth order?


What Does Your Birth Order Mean?

Whichever camp you side with, it's hard to resist checking to see if your personality fits with the "accepted" traits of each birth place.

First Born

First-born children are goal setters, perfectionists and sometimes worriers . They are responsible, detail-oriented, and they follow the rules while trying to please everyone they can.

"These are the highest achievers," says psychologist Daniel Eckstein, PhD, from Ottawa University in Phoenix, Arizona.

Famous First-Borns: Presidents Truman, Johnson, Carter, and George W. Bush, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, Geraldo Rivera, Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, Ted Koppel and Jackie Onassis.

Only Child

Only children are like first-borns, but exaggerated. They're extremely responsible, like to do everything perfectly and often get along with people older than themselves.

Famous Only Children: Frank Sinatra, Robert De Niro, Elton John, Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams.

Middle Child

Personality aside, most experts agree that the middle child has it the toughest. They're constantly trying to outdo their other siblings, who have gained special status as first-born or the baby, and according to Conley, are "25 percent less likely to be sent to a private school than they were before, and they're five times more likely to be held back a grade."

Middle children tend to rebel, be competitive and may feel that they don't entirely belong. They're also flexible, diplomatic peacemakers who are generous, outgoing and social.

Famous Middle Children: David Letterman and Donald Trump.

Last Born (Youngest Child)

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There are exceptions to the birth order rules: large age differences between siblings, blended families and multiple births can all skew the results.

Because the youngest child is usually spoiled, protected and at least somewhat babied by the family, they grow up with the feeling that they can do no wrong. Youngest children are risk takers who love attention, creative "idea" people, and have a good sense of humor .

They can also be manipulative, persuasive and persistent, and may wish they could stay the youngest child forever. Because of this, last-borns may have a greater risk of psychiatric disorders and substance abuse problems, according to Eckstein.

Famous Last-Borns: Katie Couric, Ross Perot, Goldie Hawn, Jim Carrey, Jay Leno, Billy Crystal, Drew Carey and Steve Martin.

My birth order : I was hanging around inside mom for 9 months with no real plans to leave. On the second week of the 10 month I was issued orders to vacate. so I did and here I am.

Fuck Kelley!
I'm the youngest of three brothers and well.. I don't fit (fortunatelly!) in your description!!

It's true that I have more facilities that the rest of my brothers had due to economical reasons (mainly) but my paretns were quite strict with me.

The oldest, or 'first-born' might as well be called 'the best'. I love my younger siblings, but I am just WAY cooler than them.

Since there is a large age gap between my brother & I, I'd have to say I'm one that "skews" the results. In personality tests I've taken, I have several of the first born & last born characteristics. (technically I'm "the baby" in the family )

The interesting thing is looking at that test & the personalities of my kids.

I've always said my oldest son has "classic first born" syndrome. And my youngest...pretty much fits everything listed. He's spoiled, I know he'd like to be a kid forever (which he still is a kid), he's manipulative, he's the "idea" man, creative, persuasive & persistant like you've never seen, he's a risk taker and he's got a great sense of humor. Apparently I need to be on the lookout for psychiatric & substance abuse problems when he gets older. Oddly....those things were issues on my ex's side of the family. Very scary.

However, I have to respectfully disagree with everything explained about only children. I was married to an only child and there is nothing in his personality traits that is remotely similar to what was listed in your post Kelley! I can sum up the personality of the only child I was married to in 2 words: passive/aggressive. But I'm not going down that road here. I have another forum that I visit to vent about him!!