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bad science.
i'm middle child. i've studied phychology, and i've read a few books on birth order, the most detailed one about it, that i remember is "The Birth order book" by Dr. Kevin Leman
and the reason i remember it so clearly, is becasuse it proves itself so wrong.
this dude obviously believes in what he's writting, he raises his children according to these beliefs, and everythign they do, he see's it through the "birth order" goggles that he wears number 1 takes control because he's number one
number 2 speaks up because he's number 2 .
although speaking up could be seen as taking control, but that can't be it, because he's number 2 after all.
etc etc....
it's psychology. cultural and fluid, much more art than science.
in his book, he goes through the birth order of his family, and says how it's skewed because he doesn't have the traditional 2 parens 2.3 kids and a dog family.
well, most of the world doesn't have that. And lost of cultures will give the first born male the attention the first born anything would get.
my parents didn't do things the way he did things with his kids, and i would argue italians, morroccans, russians etc all do things differently as well. families where there are more than 2 primary caretakers (aunts, uncles, grandparents, older siblings, etc) will also skew all these theories.
much of psychology is culturally based. and fails to be easily generalized.
birth order theories more so than most. (youngest can't control themselves and tend to be overwieght? all americans are overwieght and few palestinians are, it's cultural eating habits. not birth oder)
birth order my arabi bum. its a fun way for Dr. Leman to make money, and the books are somewhat interestings, especially when he goes into detail about his own kids, and how the birth order doenst work with them.
in his defence, he does stress that these theories are not set in stone, but theyare just generalized observations and assumptions. no more accurate than someone writting a treastise on islam after watching all of Oprah Winfrey's shows on Islam.
(she's had a few, some good some bad, all barely relevant.)
and the reason i remember it so clearly, is becasuse it proves itself so wrong.
this dude obviously believes in what he's writting, he raises his children according to these beliefs, and everythign they do, he see's it through the "birth order" goggles that he wears number 1 takes control because he's number one
number 2 speaks up because he's number 2 .
although speaking up could be seen as taking control, but that can't be it, because he's number 2 after all.
etc etc....
it's psychology. cultural and fluid, much more art than science.
in his book, he goes through the birth order of his family, and says how it's skewed because he doesn't have the traditional 2 parens 2.3 kids and a dog family.
well, most of the world doesn't have that. And lost of cultures will give the first born male the attention the first born anything would get.
my parents didn't do things the way he did things with his kids, and i would argue italians, morroccans, russians etc all do things differently as well. families where there are more than 2 primary caretakers (aunts, uncles, grandparents, older siblings, etc) will also skew all these theories.
much of psychology is culturally based. and fails to be easily generalized.
birth order theories more so than most. (youngest can't control themselves and tend to be overwieght? all americans are overwieght and few palestinians are, it's cultural eating habits. not birth oder)
birth order my arabi bum. its a fun way for Dr. Leman to make money, and the books are somewhat interestings, especially when he goes into detail about his own kids, and how the birth order doenst work with them.
in his defence, he does stress that these theories are not set in stone, but theyare just generalized observations and assumptions. no more accurate than someone writting a treastise on islam after watching all of Oprah Winfrey's shows on Islam.
(she's had a few, some good some bad, all barely relevant.)