We've all heard it before: The oldest child is responsible and driven, the middle one is the peacekeeper, and the youngest is the fun-loving rebel. It sounds neat, maybe even a little true when you ...

You know that moment when you’re at a party and someone mentions they’re the youngest of four kids, and you immediately think “ah, that explains the attention-seeking behavior”? Birth order psychology ...

I conducted a search on Google Scholar a few days ago using “birth order” as search words (as appearing in titles of the cataloged documents). I obtained 2,720 hits. Scholars and lay people alike are ...