The Skill Oldest Children Are More Likely To Excel At, According To Experts

Over the years, there’s been much research, discussion and debate surrounding firstborn children and what their position in a family involves.

The pressure, the expectations, the complicated feelings about having received undivided attention from parents are all considered fairly common issues for oldest children as they become adults.

Firstborns (sometimes jokingly referred to as PFBs or “precious firstborns”) certainly have some experiences or advantages that their siblings may not.

And, in a lot of cases, their experiences as the first child in the family help them nurture specific talents. 

“The oldest child experience often comes with a unique mix of strengths that are quietly developed over time, often out of necessity rather than by choice,” Eleecia Myers, a counsellor atKey Counseling Group, a practice that specialises in working with kids, teens, adults and families, told HuffPost.

But there is one sk...