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First Borns:
More conscientious, ambitious and aggressive than their younger
siblings, first borns are over-represented at Harvard and Yale as
well as disciplines requiring higher education such as medicine,
engineering or law. Every astronaut to go into space has been
either the oldest child in his or her family or the eldest boy. And
throughout history -- even when large families were the norm --
more than half of all Nobel Prize winners and U.S. presidents have
been birst born. Famous eldest children include: Hillary Clinton,
Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, J.K. Rowling and Winston Churchill.
And macho movie stars are First Born, too, including Clint
Eastwood, John Wayne, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and all the
actors who have played James Bond.
Middles:
Middle children are more easy going and peer-oriented. Since they
can get lost in the shuffle of their own families, they learn to
build bridges to other sources of support and therefore tend to
have excellent people skills. Middle children often take on the
role of mediator and peacemaker. Famous middle children include:
Bill Gates, J.F.K., Madonna and Princess Diana.
Youngest:
The youngest child tends to be the most creative and can be very
charming -- even manipulative. Because they often identify with the
underdog, they tend to champion egalitarian causes. (Youngest
siblings were the earliest backers of the Protestant Reformation
and the Enlightenment.) Successful in journalism, advertising,
sales and the arts, famous youngest children include Cameron Diaz,
Jim Carrey, Drew Carey, Rosie O'Donnell, Eddie Murphy and Billy
Crystal.
Only Children:
Only children have similar characteristics to first borns and are
frequently burdened with high parental expectations. Research shows
they are more confident, articulate and likely to use their
imagination than other children. They also expect a lot from
others, hate criticism, can be inflexible and are likely to be
perfectionists. Well-known only children include Rudy Guiliani,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alan Greenspan, Tiger Woods, tennis'
teen queen Maria Sharapova and Leonardo Da Vinci.
Twins:
Because they hold equal status and are treated so similarly, twins
turn out similarly in most cases. Consider advice columnists "Dear
Abby" and "Ann Landers" (Abigail and Esther Friedman), and Harold
and Bernard Shapiro, who became presidents of Princeton University
and Canada's McGill University respectively.
