First-born children are the most loved. (If love = time) In your faces second and third born! A new study out of Utah shows that parents tend to spend more time with their oldest children.
The second born, known as the already-been-there-and-done-that child and third born, known as the who-is-that-oh-yeah-I-forgot-about-that-one-child get about 22 fewer minutes with dad and a whopping 27 minutes fewer with mom. Smooth move moms!
Researchers believe that this extra parent-time explains why first-born children have higher IQs, are less likely to engage in risky behavior, have a higher level of achievement, don't get teenage pregnant as often and land in juvie less.
Then the researchers got all preachy. "Blah, Blah Blah," they said. "Don't watch as much TV. Instead read to your offspring and lovingly stroke your child's corn-silk hair. Use travel time to talk instead of listening to Howard Stern. This will make up for the inherent injustices of life."
"Blah," they added.
On the flip side, younger siblings usually have more money spent on them, because their parents are usually in a better economic situation by the time those younger, lesser siblings are born.
Basically, first-born children are like a fun project and the rest of the siblings are like a leaky pipe that money needs to be thrown at.
Anyways, a good way to get back at your parents is by putting them in a home. Talk to a geriatrician or a doctor who specializes in palliative and hospice medicine.
Find a local doctor near you.
