There are lots of things that are better when they fall right in the middle: a balanced diet, the firmness of your mattress and a not-too-hot, not-too-cold day. But when it comes to sibling birth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sibling birth order can affect your health and well-being in different ways. (Getty Images) (Westend61 via Getty Images) While ...

There will always be a never-ending debate with your siblings about who is the best. Whether you are the oldest, middle, or youngest child, you may never agree on an answer. However, what if we told ...

My son has “middle child syndrome” despite my exhaustive effort to avoid such a diagnosis. Over the years, I’ve been careful to give my children equally-sized birthday presents and let all three get ...

While birth order is known to influence people’s personality traits and behavior, whether you’re the cautious firstborn or the risk-taking youngest child, that’s not the only way it affects your life.

When we think about childhood, most of us picture two intense phases: the active and exhausting toddler years and the emotional rollercoaster of the teenage years. But somewhere in between lies a ...

There he is, between two worlds. Too young to have been the pioneer, too old to be the darling. The middle child, often precariously poised between the studious eldest and the "spunky" youngest, doesn ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. You don’t remember your first steps. But someone else ...

My son has “middle child syndrome” despite my exhaustive effort to avoid such a diagnosis. Over the years, I’ve been careful to give my children equally-sized birthday presents and let all three get ...