Why It’s Good To Be in the Middle Whether these are traits you see in your own child, or if you recognize them in yourself, you should know that it’s a positive thing to be born in the middle.

We talked to psychologists about positive traits of only children that aren’t well-known — and how much not having siblings really affects personality.

The results also suggest that it is time to shift away from the perspective of only children as a single group sharing particular traits. We should instead embrace the idea that there are likely a ...