As I understand it, birth order traits are affected by things like age gaps and traumatic experiences. Like, if there's more than five years between two siblings, the birth order "resets" so that the younger one acts like a firstborn
FWIW, this is the case with my kids--my oldest is 7 years older than my second, who is 4 years older than the next, who is 18 months older than our youngest. I think we definitely have a "first-born", another "first-born", a stereotypical "middle child" and the "baby." It always makes me wonder, what if, say, #2 and #3 switched places? Would their personalities change, too?
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Date: 2013-11-25 02:45 am (UTC)FWIW, this is the case with my kids--my oldest is 7 years older than my second, who is 4 years older than the next, who is 18 months older than our youngest. I think we definitely have a "first-born", another "first-born", a stereotypical "middle child" and the "baby." It always makes me wonder, what if, say, #2 and #3 switched places? Would their personalities change, too?