Williamsburg Regional Library

The birth order book, why you are the way you are, Kevin Leman

eng

Includes bibliographical references

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

The birth order book

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Kevin Leman

why you are the way you are

This updated edition of the author's bestseller offers key insights into how birth order affects personality, marriage and relationships, parenting style, career, and children. Whether at home or on the job, birth order powerfully influences the way people interact with other. The author even shows how to overcome ingrained tendencies they never thought they'd be rid of, all by focusing on their birth order

Guess the birth order -- Introduction : Maybe Abel did have it coming -- Birth order : does it really make sense? -- But Doc, I don't fit the mold! Birth order variables, part 1 -- What's parenting got to do with it? Birth order variables, part 2 -- First come, first served : firstborns -- How good is good enough? -- Perfect or excellent? -- The lonely only, super firstborn : only children -- I never did get no respect : the middle child -- Born last but seldom least : the baby of the family -- The winning edge in business : getting behind others' eyes -- Birth order marriages aren't made in heaven -- I count only when : what are you really telling yourself? -- Flaunt your imperfections : Parenting firstborns and only children -- Two may be company or a crowd : parenting the two-child family -- Taking off the squeeze : parenting the middle child -- Helping the family cub grow up : parenting the lastborn -- Epilogue : There's only one thing you can't do without -- Guess the birth order quiz answers -- US Presidents and their birth order -- Notes -- About Dr. Kevin Leman -- Resources by Dr. Kevin Leman

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