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Re: How birth order effects your life
OP,
I kind of see this already in my two kids(girls 4/6), as far as the examples you mentioned. The older girl is bright and already excelling in school. The younger one is a maniac on her bike etc., kind of goofy and we're having more of a challenge getting her interested in the educational stuff that came naturally to the older one. |
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Re: How birth order effects your life
Still an Eli Manning thread
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Wow so true in my family
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i always figured the younger siblings would be smarter because they had more interaction.
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i always figured the younger siblings would be smarter because they had more interaction. [/ QUOTE ] Maybe, but the article also points out that the older siblings benefit from the intelligence gained by having to teach the younger siblings and look after them. As someone who tutored a lot of my idiot frat brothers for tests, I can attest to how much that increased my understanding of things! James |
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I am the 2nd of 5.
The oldest is not the smartest and does not have the best paid job. Highest IQ would be either me or the "baby" of the family - we each claim it is the other. If you count self-made millionaire then number 3 has the best paying job. I am the funniest - no question of that. Number 3 is also the biggest risk taker. He is also the tallest. With my own kids I can't give an answer about it all. I have 4 kids. The second one has the highest IQ and is the tallest and fattest. The oldest one is the big chance taker. Maybe I just have a weird family. |
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5 kids throws it all out of whack obviously. Kill 2 of them and then compare
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Out of my 11 brothers and 6 sisters, I'd have to say in all honestly my mother was a whore.
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I'm sure all that stuff is true, but I don't think it is true in my family. Whenever there is any article or scientific study on differences between groups of people, you need to consider that usually the differences within a group are usually larger than the differences between groups. For instance in the study cited in the article there was a 3 point difference in IQ scores between 1st born and 3rd born people. So while it is true that 1st borns may have a higher IQ on average, there are still large number of 3rd borns who are smarter than there 1st born siblings. Disclaimer: I am third born in my family and I am the tallest, probably have the highest IQ (can't be sure), and probably make more money than my oldest brother. I am considered the funny one though. |
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Re: How birth order effects your life
All,
OK, well, I left this open for longer than normal because James rules so much, but it looks this is more of a "hmm, interesting" topic than one that generates interesting discussion. |
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