Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food, according to a study by researchers in Norway. Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings ...

Are you an extroverted parent with an introverted child? When you were young, did you join every school club and social circle — yet your child spends most of her time alone and avoids the limelight?

"He gets that from you." How many times have you said that to your partner about one of your children? My son talks nonstop and when he's upset, he's loud about it, which I know is 100% my DNA.

Personality is a complex and multifaceted construct that influences our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in various ways. The Big-5 Personality Traits, or the Five-Factor Model, is a widely accepted ...

Personality is an important factor in child-rearing and would be expected to have a potentially strong impact on child development. Reviewing the prior literature, the authors report that prior ...

Birth order within families has long sparked sibling rivalry, but it might also impact the child's personality and intelligence, a new study suggests. First-borns are typically smarter, while younger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether your birth order affects your personality is something researchers and siblings globally have debated for decades. (Getty ...

LITTLE ROCK — DEAR MR. ROSEMOND: I've always heard that a child's character and personality are pretty well set by the time he is 5 or 6 years old, and that any dysfunctional behavior patterns the ...

For centuries, humans have been curious about the effect that birth order has on personality, possibly because eldest children in ruling families typically inherited the seat of power. A new study ...

Birth order theory is a perennial favourite topic on the internet: are firstborn children really the independent trailblazers they’re made out to be? Are middle children really the peacemakers who ...