Many studies have consistently linked firstborn children to achieving high academics. The National Merit Scholarship winners were reviewed to provide more information about educational achievements and it showed that the number of second and last borns combined was the same number of firstborns alone. A separate study found high academic achievement levels among firstborns in several different countries around the world. Firstborn children are generally task-oriented, assertive, and responsible, often taking on leadership positions as adults. Studies have also found that firstborn students are vulnerable to stress and tend to seek the approval of individuals of authority. Adler found that firstborns experienced this more than later borns children.
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They often try to succeed in areas that their elder sibling(s) have not excelled in. Middle born children have shown a high level of success on sports teams, and both they and last borns find to be better adjusted emotionally in relations to the family setting. Studies have also shown middle children to be sensitive to injustice. Generally accepting, other-centered, and trusting. Also, tend to maintain relationships successfully. While last born children in a family, are never dethroned as the "baby" of the family. They often display a strong sense of non competitiveness and security. As a group, last borns are the most successful in regards to social aspects and have the highest self-esteem levels of all the birth positions. This source directly and clearly supports the hypothesis that the oldest child will display traits of being structured and more controlling than the middle or last born children because it states that the firstborn children receives higher academic achievement levels than the other birth order. This trend suggests that firstborns are focused, determined and structured. Also, studies have shown many firstborns have gone to pursue leadership jobs, displaying they have a controlling side to them that makes them able to be responsible for others. (Birth Order,
They often try to succeed in areas that their elder sibling(s) have not excelled in. Middle born children have shown a high level of success on sports teams, and both they and last borns find to be better adjusted emotionally in relations to the family setting. Studies have also shown middle children to be sensitive to injustice. Generally accepting, other-centered, and trusting. Also, tend to maintain relationships successfully. While last born children in a family, are never dethroned as the "baby" of the family. They often display a strong sense of non competitiveness and security. As a group, last borns are the most successful in regards to social aspects and have the highest self-esteem levels of all the birth positions. This source directly and clearly supports the hypothesis that the oldest child will display traits of being structured and more controlling than the middle or last born children because it states that the firstborn children receives higher academic achievement levels than the other birth order. This trend suggests that firstborns are focused, determined and structured. Also, studies have shown many firstborns have gone to pursue leadership jobs, displaying they have a controlling side to them that makes them able to be responsible for others. (Birth Order,