First borns are smarter, more ambitious and more achievement-oriented than those in other birth order positions. But now there's research that says they're more self-centred than others positions.
Michael Grose is the current Body & Soul parenting columnist reaching 6 million Australians every Sunday. Michael is the author of 7 parenting books, including the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change it. Michael is married with three adult children who have all successfully flown the parent nest.