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Does birth order shape your personality?

You might have heard some of the sterotypes surround birth order and personality. Stereotypes like ‘typical oldest child’, ‘middle-child syndrome’, ‘spoilt baby of the family’ tend to sound like pop-psychology generalisations. But psychotherapist...

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13.20 18 May 2022


Does birth order shape your personality?


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13.20 18 May 2022


You might have heard some of the sterotypes surround birth order and personality. Stereotypes like ‘typical oldest child’, ‘middle-child syndrome’, ‘spoilt baby of the family’ tend to sound like pop-psychology generalisations. But psychotherapist Coleman Noctor joined Andrea to explain there is a degree of wisdom behind these generic descriptions.

 

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