One is Enough. Yes I’m Sure

I am wearing a sign. It floats above my head like a speech bubble. It reads:I have only one child, please ask me when I am having another one…I have no desire to have any more. Whether or not you believe it, that’s just how it is. Read full article
Playing Favourites – 1 in 6 Parents Say They Love One Child More
On 23 March 2011 Yvette Vignando appeared on The Morning Show and discussed a blogger’s revelation that she loves one child a bit more. 1 in 6 parents admit to this feeling. 69% of people say they feel that there is a favourite child in their family. Read full article
Does Birth Order Affect Your Child’s Personality and Your Parenting?

Have you ever wondered why your first child is a bossy perfectionist and your second child is more relaxed and less pedantic? As parents we are often puzzled how two children from the same set of parents can be so different. Could it possibly have something to do with birth order? Birth Order theories have been around since the 1920’s. Alfred Adler, a contemporary of Sigmund Freud, was the first to emphasise the importance of birth order and how it affects our lives. Read full article
Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change It

Book: Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change It by Michael Grose. Why is it that children in a family can share the same gene pool, a similar socio-economic environment and experience similar parenting styles yet have fundamentally different personalities, interests and even different careers as adults? Addressing multiple births, special needs children, genetic engineering, blended families, gender balance, single children and birth-order balance in the workplace, parenting expert Michael Grose challenges parents to raise each child differently according to his or her birth order. Read full article
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