Sibling birth order can affect your health and well-being in different ways. (Getty Images) While birth order is known to influence people’s personality traits and behavior, whether you’re the ...

If you’re born into a family with multiple children, you know that at times, birth order stereotypes can have hints of truth to them. For instance, while some firstborn children might be known for ...

While birth order is known to influence people’s personality traits and behavior, whether you’re the cautious firstborn or the risk-taking youngest child, that’s not the only way it affects your life.

So, what's the deal with middle children? Think about it: you're not the oldest, carrying the weight of being the firstborn, and you're not the youngest, basking in all the baby-of-the-family ...

I’m a middle child, so I’m always interested in studies about birth order and, particularly, “middle child syndrome.” And yes, there apparently is one. Middle children in general are thought to be the ...