True or False - The First Child is smarter than any other children?

I believe that to be False because my son is 11 now. He had to repeat kindergarten and is still struggeling a bit in school, yet my oldest daughter who is 7 never repeated kindergarten and is doing excellent in school. My 3rd child is 5 almost 6 and she is repeating Kindergarten this year. I believe that also every child learns diffrently and at diffrent rates. To say that one is smarter than the other is not right. All are smart in there own way. My son is great with english and writing but not so good in math. My oldest daughter hates english but is great in math. It all depends on the child in question.

Not in my family. My middle daughter is the smartest, imo. Of my siblings, my younger sister (the youngest) is the smartest. On the other hand, my husband is the oldest and the smartest of his family.

Not always true. I have three children. My oldest was very brilliant when he was younger. As he has gotten older, he has gotten lazier. He had straight A's on his report up to sixth grade. That year he got his first C (in Science). My daughter had the same teacher last year and she never received below an A. She only had one B the entire school year. I think it just depends on the child. My daughter will work and do the best she can but my son settles with whatever he gets with the littlest effort posible. My youngest is only in first grade and does well but we will see when he gets older.

where did u actually come up with this theory.there no such thing like this plus since me am the younger one i would rather go the other way round

Yes that is surely true. Do you know that the first child also has the more stamina than other. so in india while getting married some one of the both groom or bride should be elde in house. that the secret of indians. practice it, you know why stamina is need for successfull marriage life.

That statement is false. You cannot generalize and predict intelligence based on the order in which you were born. Each child is unique and what the first sibling is good at may not necessarily be what the second is good at. The second may have different talents altogether. This does not mean one is any more or less intelligent than the other.

Nope, my brother, second oldest, is smarter than me. Of course when I moved/ran away, he became eldest..

nahh... i dont think the order of birth has anything to do with intelligence. My sister is first born but she needs to study and work really hard to get the excellent marks she gets. I however am born second and last and hardly study but get just a lil less marks than her.

Who told you that? anyway, heres an interesting start to a story, There was a guy who believed that the first child was smarter than the second, so he asked a question on Mylot to boost his ego with the hope that everyone would agree, so sad, and the story ends...read the answers.

Absolutely not. Every child be it the first, second, third, whatever, learns at a different rate. I would think it would be the oppsite actually. My second child is much more advanced at her age than my son was at the same age. I believe its because she has had him to teach her things too. When youre the first child, you dont have an older sibling constantly with you to teach you things. Hope that made sense. lol

I disagree with this. My oldest son is very athletic but does good to have passing grades. My second son is very smart and has straight A's every report card. He is a great problem solver but lacks the cordination (sp I'm sure) of being athletic like my first, though he loves sports and give it his all.

False, the second child is more smart..... bcoz I am the second child in my family....

yes i think so... even i have heard about that... my big brother is smarter than us..

I don't think so. My oldest daughter is preety smart, but my too year old is a genius....lol. She is counting to 20, knows her colors and shapes. I think this unusal for a 2 year old.

i dont think that is necessarily true, coz i must admit, my youngest sister is smarter than me ;)

False. Why? Because my mother had 8 children,me being the seventh born and I can say for sure just because a child is first born does not mean it is the smartest. Because Our I.Q.s range differently thats for sure and mine is higher then that of many of my older siblings. I htink it is klife experiences and what a kid has to go and live through and how hard a child or person studies and how much information they soak up. Nobody is dumb they are just unlearned. That is a saying we have.And it's true.

U know it does seem that way, but im not so sure... Good question!

no.usually second child will be smarter than first. because it has to fight to get the parents attention ,when parents attention is divided between children

I am the oldest child in my family. I am probably the smartest out of the three in book smarts. I can get good grades without studying. I remember a lot of things. I am pretty street smart. I can be flakey sometimes though. The middle child is um, he isn't very book smart but he is mechanically smart. He can figure things out. He can take things apart and put them back together. He is good at art. He is good at playing video games. He has a lot of common sense. The youngest brother is a good writer, piano player, street smart... he could be so many things and do so many things with his life but he is self centered and lazy. Does this help?

it is false