Psychological development: Birth order and Siblings

Psychological development: Birth order and Siblings

Introduction

The term birth order points out to the order in which siblings are born. Though they are ranked numerically in the order they appear in a family and there are four recognized positions for them: eldest, middle, and youngest and the only child. Many research have been conducted to study the affect of birth order on psychological developmental of children. In this paper the most dominant theory is discussed. Only one sibling can occupy the place of being eldest and youngest one but middle order is occupied by as many children ...