Being the first born in any family brings with it some universal advantages and drawbacks.
_ You get the undivided attention of the parents for a while. But first time parents tend to make some mistakes which they don’t repeat with subsequent children.
_ You have more early baby pictures but in the later ones, are often seen holding the "baby".
_ You have the prerogative of bullying the younger siblings but more often than not, also get blamed for their mistakes because being older, "you should have known better".
_ Recent research shows that you are also more likely to live to be "centenarians" . This is either an advantage or a disadvantage depending on your views on excessive longevity.
The centenarians researched in the above study were all understandably born more than a hundred years ago when pre and post natal care of mother and baby were less rigorous. Scientific data on diet and supplements were sketchy. Things have changed – so perhaps have also the environmental advantage enjoyed by the first borns of yore. The other interesting fact to emerge in the study is that your chances of living long were further augmented if you were born some time around Halloween.
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