How accurately does this describe your family?

Not at all!

Not mine either, Marydoll.

My son is an Only and the only trait he has on that list is Private. More information comes out of North Korea.

Not my family either. Couldn't be more wrong.

I'm the middle one and it describes me very well.

The first is completely wrong, no similarities at all to my kind and gentle big Sister.

The third is a bit hit and miss but they've got self centred and financially irresponsible spot on!!

Yes this describes me DDs

or even my DDs lol

Doesn't ring true.

DH and I, both only children, are a mix of first and only. DGD1 is also an only child and ticks most of the boxes in first and only categories. DD, first child, is certainly well described; DS, number two of two, is hard to categorise.

Lots of research evidence to support the view that first and only children are often over achievers so maybe that is because parenting the first child is a more anxious process?

Spot on for me and my brothers!

Not at all for my children but quite well for me and my youngest brother.

I am the eldest , it doesn’t reflect me , nor my adult children

Not one of the examples fits any one of my family.

Nor does any of the rest of my family fit into this

Not mine, but my second child, and eldest girl definitely fits as the eldest on that list. None of my others really fit any of them.

I thought Yes, for some but not all of the traits , but then swapped the titles around and some of the traits also fit even then.

Not at all, not for me and my siblings nor for my children !

Eldest child fits me, my eldest daughter and eldest grandson.

The arguments get quite heated!. LOL

The first one fits my youngest child quite well, and there are quite a few of the first one that fit my first child.
My middle child has more of the last child descriptions for her. The descriptions for middle child do not fit any of mine.

The First Child description could be my third child, while my fourth child fits the Only Child description best! Neither of my first two children fit any of the categories.

No, sorry. I have looked at a number of families to compare it to that summary and see no correlation whatsoever.

I was last in my family. I'm all of those things except self-centred.

Nothing like us not for me and siblings or my children!

Nothing like me or my siblings.