First-born children may perform better in school because their parents are tougher on them, according to a new study.
The study, authored by V. Joseph Host of Duke University and Juan Patano of Washington University, found that parents of earlier-born children were harder on them when they brought home poor grades than they were with later-born children, according to Yahoo Shine.
Parents were also more lax with their rules for their younger kids when it came to television watching, video games, and other activities that might diminish time dedicated to homework, according to the Yahoo Shine report.
As a result, oldest children were more likely to be at the top of their classes and the youngest more likely to be at the bottom, according to the report.
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Parents, what do you think? Do you treat your oldest child differently than your youngest? Does it make a difference in how they perform in school?