Your Place in the Family

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Your Place in the Family

Video Guide

General:

1.  What is the difference between numerical and psychological birth order?

2.  If children are spaced more than five years apart, how does this affect their birth order position?

3.  Does your numerical birth order differ from your psychological birth order – that is, you may be a last born, but really have had the experiences of a first born?

Firstborns:

4.  What unique experience do all firstborns seem to share?

5.  What does the term “dethronement” mean?

6.  What are the strengths of many firstborns?

7.  What are some of the disadvantages that many firstborns share?

8. What traits did the firstborn, Charlie, demonstrate in the video?

Second Children:

9.  What are common traits of second borns?

10. How do many second born children respond to their experiences?

11. How does being spaced very close to Charlie seem to have affected Joe?

Middle Children:

12. How do the experiences of a child in the middle position differ from those of a second born?

13. What are common strengths of middleborn teenagers?

14. How does being a middleborn affect a teenager’s attempt to “find a niche” in the family?

15. Describe how Sephanie is “caught in the middle.”

Last born children:

16. Describe how families treat many last-borns.

17. What are some of the reasons they do this?

18. What are the strengths and weaknesses of last-borns?

19. What is the danger of pampering a child?

20. How is Rosie a typical last-born?

Only Children:

21. Describe the common experiences of only children. How do they differ from firstborns? From last-borns?

22. How might not having sisters or brothers affect only children?

23. What are the common strengths and weaknesses on only children?

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