The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are Author: Dr. Kevin Leman | Language: English | ISBN:
0800734068 | Format: EPUB
The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are Description
Review
"...sheds light on how our place in the family pecking order endows us with traits that shape us for life." --
Dallas Child, April 1999"If you’d like to be more successful in all of your relationships, then this book’s for you!" --
Shine, September/October 1999"Leman frames his discussion within a Christian worldview... Well-written, intriguing." --
Minister’s Packet, December 1998/January 1999 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Your birth order -- whether you were born first (or are an only child,) or second, in your family -- powerfully influences what kind of person you are, who you marry, the job you choose. Now you can discover: How to pick out the first born in any group. Why the baby in the family gets away with everything. How to help middle children feel less squeezed and more loved. Ways to overcome your worst inborn tendencies. Which career suits you best. How to make the perfect marriage match and much, much more... You've seen him on television and heard him on the radio. Now internationally known psychologist Kevin Leman reveals an exciting new way to better understand yourself and those you love.
"Forget astrology. The fresh, new karmic aid for picking friends and lovers is birth order... a funny, and sometimes not so funny, look at the effect siblings, or the lack of them, have in shaping a person." -- Chicago Sun-Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Revell; Revised & Updated edition (October 1, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0800734068
- ISBN-13: 978-0800734060
- Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
This book is a general overview of Leman's beliefs about birth order, personality development, and family relationships. It is organized into 5 parts: introduction, first-borns, later-borns, marriage and birth order, and parenting and birth order. At the end of the book are end-note references and a short list of other works by Dr. Leman, as well as his contact information if you would like to schedule him for a speaking engagement.
Leman summarizes his own and others' work on birth order and personality development. He claims that first-borns and only children tend to be well-organized and reliable perfectionists, middle-borns loyal and independent mediators, and last-borns charming and manipulative people persons, and that these characteristics can be traced directly to the family dynamics resulting from the addition of each individual child to the family. He notes that while many readers or attendees to his seminars may be reluctant to go along with these generalizations, he observes that specific birth orders tend to be over-represented in certain professions, such as first-borns as academic architects and last-borns as used car sales people. He notes that first-borns tend to seek professional counseling more often than others because they are such stressed-out perfectionists, and that middle-borns tend to grow up to be relatively well-adjusted (perhaps because they had ample opportunities to learn to deal with unfairness as youngsters). In each of his descriptive chapters, he offers self-help advice for a happier approach to daily life.
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