Essay On Birth Order Theory

The birth order theory was discovered by Alfred Adler. The theory refers to the order of birth in which one was born in. It is sometimes believed that the order in which a child is born in plays a significant role in how the child will act in life. The birth order theory has four birth order personalities, first born, second born, the only child, and youngest. I grew up in a large family of five sisters, and one brother. I was the baby or last born for about five years before my youngest sister was born and
Psychologists say that when there is a significant number of years between the last born and an older sibling they still have some of those traits of last born children or even the first born. Even though I may be the considered the middle …show more content…
I did eventually end up getting caught by my parents but all the times were well worth the 2 month grounding. I also used to leave for lunch which was a big no-no for underclassmen in high school. Who wants to eat school cafeteria food when you could go home and eat leftovers or even go to the nearest fast food place?
Some say I am an attention seeker, which is another trait of a last born child that I too can re late to. I will have to admit I love having all of the attention on me whenever I go somewhere. I remember a time when I was younger and my sister had got all A’s on her report card. My parents were proud of here I mean what parents would be but to me I was not happy she was getting more attention than I was. So I went into my room and knocked my night light off of my dresser and started to cry. My parents ran right into my room and comforted me. I took the attention right off of my sister which was exactly what I wanted to do. As I got older my parents noticed I was doing things purposely to get attention so they stopped buying into my schemes. In high school during cheerleading I always made sure I was in the front row during performances and games. I loved having all the parents’ eyes on