
The Secret Power of Middle Children
How Middleborns Can Harness Their Unexpected and Remarkable Abilities
New American Library (Publisher)
Published on 31. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-452-29793-7 (ISBN)
Description
Middle children are underachievers, overshadowed and overlooked, right? Wrong.
Combining research in evolutionary biology, psychology and sociology with real-life stories, psychologist Catherine Salmon, Ph.D., and journalist Katrin Schumann reveal what it really means to grow up in between, including how:
* Middles receive less financial and emotional support from their parents, but become remarkably successful and innovative adults
* Middles can be stubbornly independent as teens, but are extraordinary team players later in life
* Middles are often seen as outcasts, but are actually far less likely to get divorced or be in therapy than their siblings.
With surprising insights into how our birth order affects us, as well as constructive advice on how to maximize advantages and overcome drawbacks, The Secret Power of Middle Children shows middleborns at any age (and their parents) how to use what seems to be a disadvantage as a strategy for personal and professional success.
Combining research in evolutionary biology, psychology and sociology with real-life stories, psychologist Catherine Salmon, Ph.D., and journalist Katrin Schumann reveal what it really means to grow up in between, including how:
* Middles receive less financial and emotional support from their parents, but become remarkably successful and innovative adults
* Middles can be stubbornly independent as teens, but are extraordinary team players later in life
* Middles are often seen as outcasts, but are actually far less likely to get divorced or be in therapy than their siblings.
With surprising insights into how our birth order affects us, as well as constructive advice on how to maximize advantages and overcome drawbacks, The Secret Power of Middle Children shows middleborns at any age (and their parents) how to use what seems to be a disadvantage as a strategy for personal and professional success.
Reviews / Votes
"Powerful advice ... anchored in hard science and illuminated by vivid case examples."-David M. Buss, author of Evolutionary Psychology"Entertaining and provocative."-Frank J. Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-452-29793-7 (9780452297937)
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Catherine Salmon | Katrin Schumann
The Secret Power of Middle Children
How Middleborns Can Harness Their Unexpected and Remarkable Abilities
E-Book
08/2011
Plume
€15.99
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Persons
Catherine Salmon, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Redlands. She lives in Beaumont, California.
Katrin Schumann is a journalist, freelance editor, and mother of three. She lives in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Katrin Schumann is a journalist, freelance editor, and mother of three. She lives in Dedham, Massachusetts.