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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think ____1____ matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that the oldest children, ____2____ are smart and strong-willed, are very likely ____3____ (succeed). The reason ____4____ this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for ____5____ same reason.

What ____6____(happen) to the other children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The ____7____(young) child, though, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite ____8____ (difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many ____9____(chance) in their lives. They usually ____10____ (follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.

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