In the 1970s show The Brady Bunch, middle child Jan had a distinct personality that made viewers adore the humorous viewpoint of the middle child, but is it really that way? In 1990 the University of Texas at Dallas conducted a study in which they researched the many behaviors of a child and how that is affected by the order of birth. Although the birth order is a major factor, topics such as family types and parenting can affect a child’s outcome (Kittleson 58).There are also studies that focus on parents and their affect on children, for instance, a stepparent versus a birth parent. A family can be described as “A family is a group of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption” (Knox 15). A family relationship is, in short,
