Stop the presses
So, yes, I know… Shocker, I’m updating the blog.
I’ve been behind in blogging, email, pinball. You name it, I’ve been behind in it.
Well, I was catching up on email when I got this sent to me
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Study says firstborn children get more attention than siblings
From Daily Herald news services
Study says firstborn children get more attention than siblingsEds: APNewsNow.
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A new study out of Brigham Young University says parents heavily favor their firstborn children with attention.
The study, based on data from the American Time Use Survey, says eldest children enjoy 20 to 30 minutes of attention more per day from parents than their siblings. Between the ages of 4 and 13, that difference adds up to about 3,000 extra hours. The study’s findings follow recent reports that firstborn children make more money, have more
education and score higher on IQ tests than others.BYU economics professor Joe Price says the extra time is a product of families having more overall time to share when their kids are young and parents getting lazy as the
years go by.Price’s younger brother refutes his findings.
I’ve always said I’m smarter than my siblings, and well, now I have proof..
I also learned that apparently, I am more loved.
Disclaimer: I am the eldest of two eldest children (so that makes me like 3x more smarter). And I would like to thank one of them for sending me that article š
Hey,
So where’s the love sac post? Share the love man.
As the youngest, I have always said that I may have gotten more material things from my parents, but whatever I got I earned with physical and emotional torture from my older siblings. And now I can say that I was “spoiled” to make up for the attention I didn’t get. Thanks for the ammo, Chris!
more educated…….yess…………that proves in itself that the article is false!!!!!!!!!:P