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The Birth Order Book
by Kevin Leman
How firstborns, middles, lastborns and onlies tend to differ and what it means for parenting and marriage. Entertaining; the research is weaker than the anecdotes.
Read it if…
you enjoy family dynamics.
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Skip it if…
you want evidence-based psychology.
Try instead: The New Strong-Willed Child →
Three things you will actually use
- Position shapes personality, loosely.
- Parent each child differently.
- Hold it lightly.
Do this first
Read your own position's chapter.
Our verdict
Firstborns and the rest.
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