According to a study, second-born boys are more likely to get in trouble with the law than their older sibling.
, Meredith, which is why you’re a freelance writer and your older sister is a critical care physician.” But a study shows that second-born children really may be more likely to get in significant forms of trouble.from Denmark and Florida to figure out if birth order had any effect on the likelihood of a person engaging in trouble in school, juvenile delinquency, or adult crime.
The study found that second-born boys were 20-40% more likely to face discipline at school or in the court system than first-born boys. This tendency for the second-born to be the trouble-maker was far more pronounced among pairs of brothers than when a sister was involved.
So, what exactly is the difference, here? What could explain the 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? According to 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 the idea that first-born children get all of their parents’ attention, while the second-born can go kick rocks.
Parents of two boys shouldn’t go giving their youngest the side-eye, however. As Shankar Vendatam of NPR notes, “This research, of course, is painting a broad picture. It doesn’t describe what’s happening in every single family.” He’s right — these are just interesting numbers from one study. Now go get your future felon a snack before he holds the kids in the sandbox at truck-point.
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