The results of this birth order study were 'remarkably consistent.'
, sent home from the public pool for shenanigans, and might even have brushes with the law as teens or adults. And now researchers believe that birth order might play a significant role in why some kids have higher rates of delinquency than others.published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, scientists have found “remarkably consistent” data that second-born kids are significantly more likely to get into trouble than their older or younger siblings, regardless of how big the family is.
So what, if anything, could explain this supposed difference between first-born boys and second-born boys? And how is it their parents’ fault, because we’re sure that’s what’s coming next? From the study: “We consider differences in parental attention as a potential contributing factor to the gaps in delinquency across the birth order.”It all goes back to this presumed norm that first-born children get all of their parents’ attention, while the second-born can go kick rocks. The researchers also speculate about another possible factor:, Doyle said, “The firstborn has role models, who are adults.
Of course, no one should model their behavior after a 2 year old. Because if I go to the grocery store and start screaming that they’re out of the purple box of fruit snacks and only have the green box of fruit snacks, I’m probably going to be talking to a police officer. Parents of two boys may rightly take issue with the study, if only based on their own experience. As Shankar Vendatam from NPR states, “This research, of course, is painting a broad picture. It doesn’t describe what’s happening in every single family.”This article has been updated with new research findings.
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