Birth Order: How It Affects Children.

Bauer, Karen L.

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ERIC Number: EJ442274

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Birth Order: How It Affects Children.

Bauer, Karen L.

PTA Today, v17 n4 p13-15 Feb 1992

Examines the effect of birth order on child development, noting that spacing of children, gender, family size, and family configuration all play a role in determining what effect birth order will have. The article looks at various traits of firstborn, middle, lastborn, and only children. (SM)

Descriptors: Birth Order, Child Development, Children, Family Environment, Family Influence, Parent Child Relationship, Sibling Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Parents

Language: English

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