You have certainly noticed that the second child in the family is more rebellious than the first one. Recent studies have confirmed the myth that the second child tends to be more difficult to discipline, especially if it is a boy. Bright Side tells us more about this discovery and comes to you on how to prevent the second child from becoming problematic.
In 2005, a group of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, led by Dr. E. Black published a study whose outcomes were unexpected: the second children were less successful at school and work than their older suitors or sisters.
The discovery was rather odd because the children who were analyzed came from families in which parents provided equal educational opportunities to their children. But everything became clear thanks to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) economists.
Dr. Doyle and his team found that later born children were 40% more likely to have problems with the law than their older brothers and sisters.
However, the reason had nothing to do with health problems or with lower levels of education. As soon as the second child arrives in the family, the parents have already had the first experience and lowered their role slightly. First children as parents example, while the second children have the first child, that is, brother or sister.
What is recommended is: pay more attention to the second child and even control the actions of the first child, so that they do not give a bad example to the young ones.
