Effects of Birth Order

I have always been interested in birth order and its influence on how it shapes peoples lives. I think it is a subject of great interest for me because of my own personal challenges regarding to a possible correlation of birth order.
When I first meet people and I attempt to understand them as a person, I frequently ask if they were a first born, middle etc. child. I am guilty of generalizations but my hypothesis about what I expect is surprisingly accurate. I can usually learn more about that person through this answer than from knowing that their favorite sport is soccer or favorite color is green.
In my personal observation, only children seem to commonly present themselves with opposite characteristics. There seems to be little middle ground. Due to their lack of siblings, some seem to become comfortable being alone and fail to develop sharing habits while others become eager to share due to their years of being alone and not having the opportunity. Some seem to be poor and rude regarding confrontation while others shy away from it.

I have noticed that youngest children often have significant difficult with making decisions, big or small. This may be due to years of older children making decisions for them and their tendency to go with the flow instead of lead the pack.
Birth order may also play a crucial role in the combinations for successful dating. For example youngest children seem to have a hard time dating due to their inability to make decisions. They might be unable to decide on where and when to hang out. I have witnessed both getting annoyed with this quality in their partner without realizing that they possess the same characteristic.
I haven’t done any formal research, and the only conclusions that I have are based on my own personal observations. Most people that I know who regularly see psychologist happen to be middle children. Conclusive accurate data to support this claim does not exist but it’s an interesting idea to entertain nonetheless. Middle children might possibly be overwhelmed with expectation from the eldest child. I have also observed that middle or second children seem to be the most artistic and unorthodox out of the other children in the family. Middle children (obviously ) where neither the child who was praised for being the first nor savored for being the last. This might cause a lack in identity.
Middle children seem generally easy going and tend to go with the flow of things. They seem to be more of right brain thinkers rather thank left. Middle children also seem to start several projects but rarely finish. I have also noticed that middle children tend to be polite and interested in pleasing people. A possible explanation for this finding of pleasing people might be due to numerous years of mediating between the other children who had a large age gap. Middle children are often battling for attention for reasons mentioned earlier and this may carry on to their relationships outside of the family.

Oldest children naturally take leadership roles in the family but as well as in the world. Most of the U.S. presidents have been oldest children. That claim alone supports the significant amount influence that the mere order in birth has on your perceptions that one carries for one’s entire life.