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After some very serious lobbying from students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, where “Footloose” was filmed, Kevin Bacon announced Friday that he would be returning to the high school for this year’s senior prom. 

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"'Help me to not look like I am suffocating,' I prayed. 'Lord, please protect my son’s heart from this.’ And I faded away."

“My Husband Turned Blue to Gray”: Wife In Shock Over the One Drink That Killed Her Husband

"The doctor's exact words were 'People drinking these drinks are playing Russian Roulette with their lives.' I was blown away and couldn’t believe just one drink could do this damage"... And KIDS can buy these anywhere.

New MIT Study Shows Second-Born Boys Are More Likely to Have Behavioral Problems

Why the Difference?

Researchers involved in the MIT study were understandably interested in the reason for the difference between the first- and second-born boys. In their study, they report that they found that second-born boys are just as physically healthy as their older brothers, and sometimes more. They also found that parents did not seem to be less invested in the younger boys’ educations, and both the first- and second-born children attended similar schools.

In the words of the researchers of this MIT study, “The evidence rules out differences in health at birth and the quality of schools chosen for children. We do find that parental time investment measured by time out of the labor force is higher for first-borns at ages 2-4, suggesting that the arrival of a second-born child extends early-childhood parental investments for first-borns.”

What researchers did find that they believed to have an impact was that second-born boys received less maternal attention than first-born sons did. This was due, in part to the fact that first-born boys received undivided attention from their mothers, as well as how many mothers did not take off as much time to care for their second-born children, and second-born boys experienced more time with their mothers working outside the home.

As Shankar Vedantam explained it, “Firstborn kids get the undivided attention of their parents, whereas kids born later are often competing for parental time and resources.”

But he offers another explanation, “The peer group for first- and second-born kids is different. Older and younger siblings come from the same family, but they have different peer groups early in life.”

Of course, every child is unique, but this study offers some information that parents can use to inform their choices and day-to-day living.

If you’re a parent of boys, what have you noticed about your sons’ differences in behavior?

 

 

 

Jessica Sausto
Jessica Sausto
Jessica Sausto is a longtime writer and editor of Christian resources, news, and information.

Kevin Bacon Surprises Students at High School Where ‘Footloose’ Was Filmed — Announces He’s Visiting Them for Prom

After some very serious lobbying from students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, where “Footloose” was filmed, Kevin Bacon announced Friday that he would be returning to the high school for this year’s senior prom. 

“My Last Thought Was a Desperate Plea to God, ‘Lord, Give Me the Strength to Die Well’”: Mom With ‘Invisible Illness’ Shares Her Harrowing...

"'Help me to not look like I am suffocating,' I prayed. 'Lord, please protect my son’s heart from this.’ And I faded away."

“My Husband Turned Blue to Gray”: Wife In Shock Over the One Drink That Killed Her Husband

"The doctor's exact words were 'People drinking these drinks are playing Russian Roulette with their lives.' I was blown away and couldn’t believe just one drink could do this damage"... And KIDS can buy these anywhere.