Does having siblings correspond to personality?

I feel this is true and agree because when you have siblings around you learn to share your things, but when you dont have your siblings around you tend to be selfish and self centered thinking that everything revolves around them.

A quote that stood out for me was" I'm not suggesting that people without siblings are greedy and selfish, but having at least one other person to share with can help someone to be more generous". This shows that having someone in the household can be helpful in raising a kid.

Another quote that stood out was"I also think that growing up with siblings helps you to learn how to develop good relationships." This is true because if your a big brother and someone is picking on your little brother or sister you are going to protect them showing good strong relationship.

Thanks for your writing and hope to hear from you again.

 Chelsea, 

I liked your article, "Does Having Siblings Effect Personality?''. It has been something that I have wondered myself. I have a brother that is 16, and a half sister that is 4. I feel that I have definitely learned things from them that I would not have learned otherwise. By having a brother that is close to me in age, I have learned how to share, and that the world doesn't revolve around me. I probably would have learned this even if I didn't have a brother, but probably slower and at a later age.

--Sam

Dear Chelsea,

I also agree that siblings do affect a person's personality especially the eldest sibling. I can say that with experience and observations.

I am the younger out of two and growing up with an older sister was aggressive. The only reason why there was strong tension between us was because it was a five year gap. Despite this, I have always wanted to be like her, copying every motion of hers, and wanted to go almost everywhere with her. Now, we are pretty close with each other. Because I copied her over the years, our handwriting is similar and even her friends say our speech is alike. We also share clothes and shoes because we are around the same lengths, like you said.

Take a look, our personalities are similar:

One question: Do you have a sibling?

Thanks for posting!

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Chelsea,

I agree with your post, "Does having siblings correspond to personality?" I have a younger brother who is now a freshmen and I feel that I need to protect him from certain things. Whether or not I should feel this way, I know that it has helped me understand how my parents feel when they want to know where I am going or who I am going to be with. This instinct of protectiveness cannot be helped and even though I can't stand it when my parents won't just trust me and let me do what I want, I now realize that it isn't that they don't trust me, its that they don't trust other people.

I enjoyed your post and thank you for bringing it up,

Alex

Dear chelsea

I often wondered about this question and I always thought that having siblings definitely affects your personality. Unfortunately, being an only child, I haven't had the experience of sharing things with siblings, receiving/ giving hand me downs and things like that.  I remember I was always bored at home and I always wanted an older sister when I was little. I know that I've missed out on a lot of things that you can't experience as an only child, and this somehow shaped or at least influenced in some way they way I am now.

I agree with your statement "having at least one other person to share with can help someone to be more generous." I have seen lots of cases when someone who's an only child acted very selfish without even realizing that they're being selfish. I'm not saying that I"m selfish..-chuckles- but kids that grow up alone are often times selfish people that don't even realize what makes them look selfish. To generalize, most of them don't care about others' opinions, and are not good listeners either. Again this does not include myself.

You mentioned, "growing up with siblings helps you to learn how to develop good relationships." I feel that this is especially true because to be honest, I feel that if i had a sibling or two I would have become more sociable and outgoing than I am now. When you have a sibling, you probably have fought a lot when you were little and learn how to make negotiations. At the same time you learn how to care for your close ones.

Thanks for writing. I look forward to what you write next because in this article you definitely gave a lot of resources to read more deeply on. Also you gave your opinions on this matter as well.

I agree with your post, "Does having siblings correspond to personality?" because often when you are an only child you get extra attention and are spoiled. If you have siblings, you have to share the attention and many of your belongings. This teaches you how to share with others at a young age if you are born into a family of many siblings, your personality will depend upon it since you will spend a great portion of your life with them.

One sentence you wrote that stands out for me is: "The first born child is usually the child with the most attention directed at him/her. This common event is part of the reason this particular child turns out the way he/she does. There are two typical types of first born children, compliant and aggressive." I think this is true in many cases because even in my family, my mother pays the most attention and cares more for the oldest child, my brother. I think parents are often most attached to the oldest child because they are the first to make success out of all their children and become independent first. So, they don’t want to risk loosing that child’s attention.

Another sentence that I was interested about was: "I'm not suggesting that people without siblings are greedy and selfish, but having at least one other person to share with can help someone to be more generous." This stood out for me because being around siblings at a young age allows you to learn how to share and understand that you shouldn’t be selfish. But, having siblings may cause someone competition for attention and to be better than the other. This shouldn’t last for too long but may cause conflicts. I think it’s not only your siblings who shape you personality but any person who enters your life influences you.

Your post reminds me of something that happened to me. A lot of the times, people assume I am the most spoiled child of the family because I am the youngest. I can’t say I’m spoiled or get away with things but instead there is a lot of attention over me, not the good kind. This is because everyone is overprotective over me and thinks I am naïve. They think their experience should influence me but there’s only one way to truly learn something, going through it yourself.

Thanks for your writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next, because I agree with your thoughts and your post allowed me to have new thoughts about this topic.

 i agree with you so much evrything you said is 99.9 percent corect love it can you write more!