Specific purpose: My purpose is to strengthen or change the attitudes and beliefs of the audience in regard to the influence of birth order on personality.

I. Birth order is one way to gain an understanding of friends, family members, and co-workers.

II. Some researchers believe how you are placed in your family can have an influence on personality traits.

A. Today I am going to explain the basic categories of birth order personalities.

B. I hope that you will be able to identify with many of the traits in your category.

Transition: Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, humorist, best-selling author, radio/TV personality, and speaker. He is also a consulting psychologist for "Good Morning America" and founder and president of Couples of Promise.

I. Leman writes, “…The first born is something of a guinea pig as mom and dad try to learn the fine art of parenting. After all, they have never done this before. Everything about a firstborn child is a big deal… There is little doubt that the family sort of overdoes things with the firstborn.” With only adults as role models, firstborns of

B. This can be an advantage in parenting, teaching, sales and other occupations.

B. Only children trust their own opinions and are not afraid to make decisions.

A. They are confident, self-assured, organized, ambitious, list makers, logical, and scholarly.

2. Some famous middle children are: Napoleon, George Bush, Johnny Carson, and Mel Gibson.

A. The family clown is often the youngest.

3. Middle children spend more time with their friends than any other child in the family.

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