2 Minutes with Dr. Bob

It seems to be a common trait that parents like to project themselves through their children and why not, it is their legacy to the world. While some parents take pride in embarrassing their teenage children like driving them to school and an older car, the reverse is never acceptable no matter how rebellious they […]

There are many factors that influence finding your “Real” birth order. Looking at the dynamics in the family is only one of them. I recall two boys in a family that I treated that had a very interesting relationship. The first two children are always subject to sibling rivalry.  We learned about that in the

Birth order is a force that is working behind the scenes of each of our lives. To understand it is to give you power over your life and that of others. It will give you another level of self-awareness. Some people may ask, why learn about Birth Order? Here are 10 Reasons. Find your best

Each birth order has its own characteristics. The fourth child is the true baby in the family. Everyone takes care of the baby and being the youngest they have trouble being heard and can be loud. They think life should be fun. You would think an adult that has decided to wear braces would want

When working with patients I try to match the treatment to their birth orders. This is the story of one patient a man in his 20’s.  He was 6 ft. 4in and well over 250 lbs. I knew he had a number three birth order.  This is a person who is laughing on the outside

There is nothing more interesting than when I am treating patients from the same family. It is especially interesting when I am treating the first two children. The Firstborn wants to follow all the rules and gets very upset when they feel they are not doing everything right. The second born wants to know everything

If you have any doubt about the effects of birth order just look at the family photo album.  The Firstborn has the majority of the pictures in the album. The further you go down the birth order numbers the less pictures. The fourth child, the true baby in the family, is lucky to get one

A friend of mine told me a story about his early years when his parents sent him off to another country to attend school. He is a number two birth order and doesn’t like to be told what to do. He was so homesick and wanted to come home and thought if he pretended to

From time to time, I have the opportunity to treat twins. Some are identical, some are fraternal. The identical twins are the mirror opposite of each other but even then, I can identify which is oldest child by the loss of the baby teeth. This is always fun because being the oldest twin is always