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Shop nowWhy First-borns Rule the World and Later-borns Want to Change It
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Learn moreThere are many factors affecting a child's personality and the adult they become, but the least understood is birth order.
Why is it that children in a family can share the same gene pool, a similar socio-economic environment and experience similar parenting styles yet have fundamentally different personalities, interests and even different careers as adults? Birth order! The implications for parents, teachers and adults involved with children are many.
First published in 2003 to great acclaim, this fully revised and updated edition seeks to increase the reader's understanding of birth order theory, including the impact of a child's broader social environment and the rise of the standard two-child family, where the second-born is simultaneously the last-born. It will enable you to delve a little deeper and look for the constellation of positions within a family, giving you a clearer picture of your own quirks and ambitions, along with those of your siblings, children, partner, workmates, friends and colleagues.
Addressing multiple births, children with a disability, genetic engineering, blended families, gender balance, only children and birth-order balance in the workplace, parenting expert and father of three Michael Grose challenges parents to raise each child differently according to his or her birth order.
Michael Grose (Author)
Michael Grose is one of Australia's leading parenting and educational writers and speakers. He is the author of nine books for parents, including the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World. Currently he supports over 1500 schools in Australia and internationally to build strong partnerships with their parent communities.
Michael was recently elevated to the PSA Speaker Hall of Fame when he won the Educator Award for Excellence. He was the first person to conduct a parenting seminar for a nation's leaders when he ventured into Parliament House, Canberra, in 2004 and addressed politicians on both sides of the political fence about how to behave so your children will too!
For more information and practical ideas on parenting visit his website: www.parentingideas.com.au.
Jeremy Stanford (Reader)
Apart from being an established voice over artist, Jeremy Stanford has had long and varied career as a performer, which was kicked off with his portrayal of Buddy in The Buddy Holly Story. He went on to play many lead roles in plays, TV shows, and musicals most notably recreating Hugo Weaving's role of Tick in Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical. Jeremy then retrained as a film maker at The VCA School of Film and Television and set up his own media company for which he developed content for TV and Film. In 2013, he directed and co-wrote his first feature film, The Sunset Six. Since then he's split his time as a writer, actor, and director. Most recently he was the resident director for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - the Musical. Jeremy is also a published author, having released a memoir of his time in Priscilla Queen of the Desert called, Year of the Queen (Tale publishing 2017), as well as his first novel, Rapture (Tale publishing 2018) He has a further three novels in the pipeline.
Michael Grose (Author)
Michael Grose is one of Australia's leading parenting and educational writers and speakers. He is the author of nine books for parents, including the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World. Currently he supports over 1500 schools in Australia and internationally to build strong partnerships with their parent communities.
Michael was recently elevated to the PSA Speaker Hall of Fame when he won the Educator Award for Excellence. He was the first person to conduct a parenting seminar for a nation's leaders when he ventured into Parliament House, Canberra, in 2004 and addressed politicians on both sides of the political fence about how to behave so your children will too!
For more information and practical ideas on parenting visit his website: www.parentingideas.com.au.
Jeremy Stanford (Reader)
Apart from being an established voice over artist, Jeremy Stanford has had long and varied career as a performer, which was kicked off with his portrayal of Buddy in The Buddy Holly Story. He went on to play many lead roles in plays, TV shows, and musicals most notably recreating Hugo Weaving's role of Tick in Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical. Jeremy then retrained as a film maker at The VCA School of Film and Television and set up his own media company for which he developed content for TV and Film. In 2013, he directed and co-wrote his first feature film, The Sunset Six. Since then he's split his time as a writer, actor, and director. Most recently he was the resident director for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - the Musical. Jeremy is also a published author, having released a memoir of his time in Priscilla Queen of the Desert called, Year of the Queen (Tale publishing 2017), as well as his first novel, Rapture (Tale publishing 2018) He has a further three novels in the pipeline.