Birth Order

Have you ever wondered how the birth order of your children will impact their personality, their success, their struggles in life? This idea has been playing on my mind a lot lately. Now that I have 4 children (3.5 year old son, 2 years old twins daughters, and 4 month old son) I have been noticing a lot of difference in how I parent my different children and how they all are so unique. I am reading a book called, Making Children Mind without Losing Yours by Kevin Leman, which is a great book on discipline by the way. But in the book, Dr. Leman briefly discusses the effect of birth order on children and their behavior. I think understanding birth order has made me more aware of what I need to work on with all of my children. I found a pod cast by Focus on the Family called “The Impact of Birth Order”. During this prodcast, Dr. Leman gives a short description of each birth order. I encourage you to check out the pod cast. I also plan on checking Dr. Leman’s book out entitled “The Birth Order Book“.

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