Book DescriptionAre you the firstborn? An only child? The middle child? The baby of the family? "The New Birth Order Book" will show you how the position you were born into your family influences who you are and what you do. It will help you see how your birth order affects your relationships with others, whether you're at home or on the job.
This new edition of the best-selling "The Birth Order Book" has been fully expanded and updated. It provides a fascinating look at how birth order affects your personality, marriage, parenting style, career, and children. It also tells how to overcome some of your worst tendencies. This entertaining, enlightening book will show you:
- why you should never treat two children the same
- why firstborns are such natural leaders
- why the baby of the family "gets away with murder"
- how to help those loyal middle children feel less squeezed and more loved
- the secret of having a less than perfect--yet happier--marriage
- how birth order can be an advantage in business
Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, humorist, best-selling author, radio and TV personality, and speaker. He is also a consulting psychologist for "Good Morning America" and founder and president of Couples of Promise. Dr. Leman and his wife, Sande, live with their five children in Tucson, Arizona.
Contents
1 Birth Order? Does It Really Make Sense?
2 But Doc, I Don't Fit Your Birth Order Mold!
3 What's Parenting Got to Do with It?
4 First Come, First Served
5 Just How Serious Is Perfectionism?
6 Moving from Perfectionism Toward Excellence
7 Lonely Only, Super First Born
8 "I Never Did Get No Respect"