On the basis of over 25 years' clinical experience and psychological research, Linda Blair reveals how your birth order position, as well as the spacing between you and your siblings and the sex of your siblings, impact your childhood, your adult life and your relationships.

Packed with new research and written in a lively, personal style, Birth Order will inform and intrigue. By reading this unique book you will quickly understand yourself, your family and your partner better. It will also shed light on the dynamics of your other relationships, explain why you may repeat patterns within relationships, and suggest helpful strategies for dealing with other people. Chapters cover birth order and what being the eldest, middle, or youngest child reveals about you, the effect of large or small age gaps between you and your siblings, family size, the sex of your siblings, parental attitudes to each child, being an only child, being a twin, the impact of step-siblings, and much more.

Revealing insights into what your position in your family says about you and your relationships.

About the Author
Linda Blair is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Chartered Scientist, and a registered practitioner psychologist with the Health Professions Council in the UK. She's also an accredited member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. She writes a weekly column, 'On the Couch' for the Daily Mail and a monthly column for Junior magazine, and has written regular columns for the Guardian, The Times, and Psychologies magazine. She broadcasts frequently on radio, has appeared in a number of television programmes, and has contributed to the NHS website. She's also a Trustee for the charity Kidscape, the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. She is the author of three books, Straight Talking (2008), The Happy Child (2009) and Birth Order (2011), all published by Piatkus.


Book Information
ISBN 9780749940140
Author Linda Blair
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Piatkus Books
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 172g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 16mm