Birth Order Research Essay

Germono, Darin

8/26/14

2^nd period

More than just a Birth Order

            “Being in a family is like being in a play. Each birth order position is like a different part in a play…” This quote, by Jane Nelson, shows that Birth order can affect the characteristics of each child in each family. This illustrates that each part in a “play”, a family, should be unique. This leads to why first born, middle born, youngest born, and only born children are different. If you were to look at the characteristics of my brother and me, then you would see two different kids

            Take me and my brother for example. My brother, Derek, is very temperamental. He tends to lack the ability to be calm and collected. For instance, we were going to go to the movies, but we ended up canceling that plan due to being late. This led to my brother’s angry mood. On the other hand, I am quite peaceful and tolerant. When I’m on the losing side of things, I don’t resort to being destructive and moody. I’m able to tolerate most of the things I experience. When I was at Disneyland a while back, I was waiting in line for a ride then suddenly a stranger cuts right in front of me. Through peaceful reasoning I was able to regain my spot in line. Along with great peacefulness and tolerance, I have a few other positive traits to state.

             I am an enthusiastic person, I love being able to please other people. On multiple occasions, I have talked to friends about their life. In this hectic world, caring about what goes on in your friends' lives can show how much of a good-heart you have. Pleasing my parents when I do chores;  even doing that extra credit assignment to make sure my teacher is pleased with the fact that I did that assignment. Surrounding yourself with people you've helped can lead to a much more developed person. I have many positive traits in my repertoire. Along with my enthusiasm, comes ability to perfect things. I am pretty much a perfectionist; I love being able to go the extra mile when it comes to things like assignments. For example, I would stay up all night to make sure my essay would be great. Being a perfectionist isn't always the best thing. It leads to how much pressure I get. Trying to make sure my assignments are perfect, is the reason why I'm always under stress. This leads to why I procrastinate. 

            Being firstborn doesn't mean you're perfect, and neither does being middle, youngest, or even only born. Like I've said before, my brother and I are two very different people. My brother plays his own    role in the "play" while I play my own role. Birth order generally leads to why first born, middle born, youngest born, only born children are different. I believe that birth order and the experiences in life can lead to the shaping of two different siblings for the same origin. Experiences and moments in life make people more than just a birth order.