Birth Order Says A Lot About Personalities

We’ve all heard how only children are stubborn, and that the order that a child is born in their family heavily influences what type of person they become. While some child psychologists disagree about the particular personality traits that your birth order predicts, there is a surprising amount that seems to be true when you look at the research that has been done.

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Did you have a bossy older sister or brother? A goofy younger sibling? You may have experienced the outcome of your family’s birth order.

Humans have attempted to characterize how birth order affects who someone eventually becomes, and everyone seems to have their own idea about those traits.

But what does birth order truly predict?

Surprisingly, researchers have argued whether there is any association at all between the order a child is born and predictable personality traits.

While the research has been somewhat inconclusive to date, there have been a few traits that seem to be correlated with your birth position in your family.

Some experts believe that only children tend to be more mature. They are always surrounded by adults after all!