Here’s an interesting article that speaks to Birth Order Psychology. Here’s on of the quotes from early on:
Norwegian scientists analyzed test results and birth data from more than 241,000 military conscripts and found that oldest children had an average IQ of 103, second children came in at 101, and third-borns were at 100.
I find Birth Order Psychology to be a handy life tool. So I pay attention to the major media when they cover this topic. Here’s the rest of the article.
What’s your take on when you were born? Were you a first or a last or a middle? Has it effected your adult relationships? Has it effected how you parent?
[tags]parenting, birth order psychology, emotions, relationships, siblings, adults, friends, coworkers[/tags]
3 responses so far ↓
AmyL // Oct 25, 2007 at 11:55 am
Ooooh, I was the first born, and my brother the middle child tested so high on the IQ scale that the doc called him ’severely gifted’. So that makes me super smart, right? Right??? Hahahahahaha. Or not. Sigh. I think it’s more likely I’m in there bringing down the averages.
nan // Oct 26, 2007 at 5:51 am
My husband and I are both first-borns of three. (And both born in the Chinese year of the ox!) Is that why we have spent eleven years bossing each other around? Here’s to the next eleven years!
I see the birth-order thing in my three boys, and I am careful to keep it in mind. If there are three cookies, NEVER give the broken cookie to the middle child! He will mind, and the others won’t even notice.
I tell him, “middle kids are special, because they are a big brother and a little brother at the same time! That is why you know how to get along with anyone, and have so many friends. You are a great negotiator, and have a fine sense of fairness.” Which is true!
Karen Vogel // Oct 26, 2007 at 8:31 am
Um, am I crazy for failing to see any significance in a 3-point IQ spread? I don’t get it. And really, in my 16 years of parenting, I have never even worried about relative IQ’s of my kids. I worry that they’ll never use the darn potty, I worry that they’ll never leave home, I worry they’ll get divorced as grown-ups and make me raise their kids - in other words, I worry about how to make sure they become rational, functioning, responsible, independent adults - and any IQ within a normal range will suffice for that, I’m sure.
Focus on the important stuff, people - not on what IQ your kid has.
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