come very spoiled and demanding. Eventually, he may resent or idealize the biological parents.
Usually with women all the time, if father is away.
May try to prove he is the man in the family, or become effeminate.
Older brothers may act as her protectors.
Can become very feminine, or a tomboy and outdo the brothers. May try to please the father.
If mother wanted a girl, can be dressed as a girl.
Child may capitalize on assigned role or protest it vigorously.
Child may capitalize on assigned role or protest it vigorously.
(Stein, H.,retrieved April 18, 2004, from http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hstein/birthord.htm)
One of the reasons that Adler was so interested in birth order was that he argued that the degree to which we feel compelled as children to try to overcome the
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