Hi Cindy,

>> > Obviously (I'm assuming you were conceived some time after this
>> time? > *G*)

>> ayup  I'm #3 of 6 (sounds kind of Borg-ish (star trek )

> ! Same here! I've four brothers, one sister. One older bro and my

haha.. I have 4 sisters and 1 brother :)  Poor guy :) :)

> sister, I'm the uh runt.. :) Another bro three years younger than ten
> years later in their mid to late thirties, our parents must have had a
> crazy moment (4 *teens* not enough? )- and had my two youngest
> brothers, three years apart.

My family split things up a little like that as well.. The first three (me
included there) were pretty close in age, but the last three were more
years apart than the rest of us :)

> What do you make of the of birth order studies? I am skeptical.
> There's just so much involved with nature/nurture it's kinda doubtful
> we can safely draw any valid singular conclusions. But oh it can be
> fun to discuss generalities based on observation or our own
> experiences?

Well, my perceptions of that kind of stuff are definitely colored by my
discussions with my husband.. he studied  psychology at Johns Hopkins.. but
it's also colored by watching my own kids, and my sisters/brother


> I think it's a given generally depending on personality the eldest
> of tne takes a 'leadership role' and is usually the most spoiled. But
> I've seen cases of the youngest being the most spoiled. As said a lot

In my family, that was definitely true.. youngest being spoiled a lot..
_and_ the oldest was spoiled too though  .. Matter of fact I was
the only normal, unspoiled one :) :)

> In my family the most motivated achievers turned out to be the two
> youngest.

Hmm.. no difference here with my sisters/brother, etc.

Take care,
Janis

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