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    The Secret Power of Middle Children

    How Middleborns Can Harness Their Unexpected and Remarkable Abilities

    Author Catherine Salmon Ph.D., Katrin Schumann
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Plume
    On sale Aug 04, 2011 | 304 Pages | 9781101543429
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    This myth-busting book shows how "forgotten" middle children can-and do-rule the world.

    In this counterintuitive book, psychologist Catherine Salmon and journalist Katrin Schumann combine science, history, and real-life stories to reveal for the first time that our perception of middle children is dead wrong.

    Using unpublished and little-known research from evolutionary psychology, sociology, and communications, The Secret Power of Middle Children illustrates how adaptive strategies middleborns develop during childhood translate into stronger friendships, lasting marriages, successful careers, and effective parenting.

    Over seventy million adult Americans are middle children, and forty percent of young American families have middle children. With constructive advice on how to maximize the benefits and avoid the pitfalls of being a middle child, Salmon and Schumann help middle children at any age (and their parents) use birth order as a strategy for success.
    Catherine Salmon, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Redlands. She lives in Beaumont, California. View titles by Catherine Salmon Ph.D.
    Katrin Schumann is a journalist, freelance editor, and mother of three. She lives in Dedham, Massachusetts. View titles by Katrin Schumann
    “Powerful advice … anchored in hard science and illuminated by vivid case examples.” — David M. Buss, author of Evolutionary Psychology


    “Entertaining and provocative.” — Frank J. Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel

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    This myth-busting book shows how "forgotten" middle children can-and do-rule the world.

    In this counterintuitive book, psychologist Catherine Salmon and journalist Katrin Schumann combine science, history, and real-life stories to reveal for the first time that our perception of middle children is dead wrong.

    Using unpublished and little-known research from evolutionary psychology, sociology, and communications, The Secret Power of Middle Children illustrates how adaptive strategies middleborns develop during childhood translate into stronger friendships, lasting marriages, successful careers, and effective parenting.

    Over seventy million adult Americans are middle children, and forty percent of young American families have middle children. With constructive advice on how to maximize the benefits and avoid the pitfalls of being a middle child, Salmon and Schumann help middle children at any age (and their parents) use birth order as a strategy for success.

    Author

    Catherine Salmon, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Redlands. She lives in Beaumont, California. View titles by Catherine Salmon Ph.D.
    Katrin Schumann is a journalist, freelance editor, and mother of three. She lives in Dedham, Massachusetts. View titles by Katrin Schumann

    Praise

    “Powerful advice … anchored in hard science and illuminated by vivid case examples.” — David M. Buss, author of Evolutionary Psychology


    “Entertaining and provocative.” — Frank J. Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel

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