'How Your Birth Order Influences Your Life Adjustment'

The main idea behind the article “How Your Birth Order Influences Your Life Adjustment” by Lucille Forer, that being that birth order is an important part of a person’s identity, is not as clean-cut as what the article would lead you to believe. The author states that “the family assume[s] certain attitudes towards each child in terms of his birth order” (Forer). Like many generalizations, there are grains of truth in this, to an extent. However, just because other family members place these sorts of expectations on a child, does not mean the child will come through and meet those expectations. Speaking from my own experience, my older brother tends to be quite irresponsible at times, often jumping into things way over his head and expecting