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Sibling rivalry: How birth order affects your personality and health

Sibling rivalry: How birth order affects your personality and health

17 July 2019

Flawed stereotypes abound about bossy firstborns, middle-child syndrome and only children, but the true influence of sibling sequence is much stranger
pointing babies

Babies point at objects because they really want to touch them

10 July 2019

Infants across the world begin pointing with their index finger between 9 and 14 months of age – perhaps because of an urge to touch objects beyond their reach

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