Which child are you: eldest, middle or youngest?

The youngest is the most spoiled and the eldest kid is the most responsible: these are stereotypes about siblings, although they might be partly based on the truth. But according to science your place in the family says a lot more about your character than you might think. In the 1920s, Austrian psychologist Aldred Adler (who worked closely with Sigmund Freud) came up with with a theory about personality and birth order.

His theory was very simple: the order in which siblings are born influences their personality. So, are you the eldest, middle or youngest child of the family? See the next page to see what it says about you!