Are middle children less likely to be happy?

Being a middle-child myself, I would like to point out that most of the assumptions over personality traits being tied up to the order of your birth, is not correct. read more

I think middle children are always less happy because they are of the perception that their parents dont treat them like the eldest nor the youngest.The eldest will usually be the one who benefit by getting everything and the youngest will likely be the one most parents dote on. read more

The middle child, unlike the eldest child and the youngest child, is not given much attention. They have to go the extra mile just to get some of it. Middle children tend to be achievers because they need awards to be recognized by their parents. read more

Mating strategies also appeared to be influenced by birth order, most notably in the area of infidelity, with middleborns being the least likely birth order to cheat on a sexual partner. The neglected birth order, Middleborns. read more