In various cultural settings, mythologies, and modern psychological frameworks, daughters often function as significant ...

Sibling birth order can affect your health and well-being in different ways. (Getty Images) While birth order is known to influence people’s personality traits and behavior, whether you’re the ...

While birth order is known to influence people’s personality traits and behavior, whether you’re the cautious firstborn or the risk-taking youngest child, that’s not the only way it affects your life.

For many societies, the firstborn son carries a remarkably symbolic status in the family. He symbolises new beginnings, and ...

We know that birth order can have a big effect on a person’s experience growing up within their family. It’s not unusual for people to assume that a youngest child will be “babied” and lavished with ...

A controversial Norwegian study suggests eldest children have an IQ edge. June 22, 2007— -- Given the choice, 9-year-old Carlyle Quinn would spend all day with his microscope, while younger ...

The Torah, in the Book of Numbers, explains pidyon haben (redemption of the firstborn son; Numbers 3:40–51). Originally, the eldest son in each family was designated to serve in the Temple. After the ...

Naming a child is an exciting and beautiful phase for every parent. They want to choose the most meaningful yet unique name ...

Parents are very excited when they are about to have their first baby. They make sure they have researched and purchased the most high-tech car seat, crib, and high chair for their baby. The baby's ...

A firstborn Kenyan daughter has touched hearts after building her parents a lovely, fully furnished bungalow at just 22, ...

Some books win our allegiance almost instantly. Such was the case with Lauren Christensen’s radiant, rigorous, heart-rending debut memoir, “Firstborn,” which engaged me from the opening pages, ...