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In our attempts to categorize people we often over simplify the situation. As human beings, we feel most comfortable if we place individuals into safe and familiar groups. Once people have been placed in the appropriate slot, we may then better understand and analyze their actions and behaviours. We may even attempt to use these classifications to predict future behaviour. Birth order theories are one such attempt to explain and forecast human behaviour. Although, birth-order …

…not all. While there are relationships between family interactions and development, these have not been proven to be causal relationships. People should not blame or attribute developmental out-comes to ordinal position exclusively. Many factors interact to determine who we are. Also, development continues and changes throughout our lives. Humans are resilient creatures capable of change at any point, regardless of prior circumstances. Human diversity remains both a wonder and a joy, refusing to be categorized.