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The Eldest Daughter Effect

How Firstborn Women – like Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyoncé – Harness their Strengths

by Lisette Schuitemaker
Wies Enthoven
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"What do Angela Merkel, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyoncé have in common?" was the headline in the English newspaper The Observer in 2014. "Other than riding high in Forbes list of the world's most powerful women," journalist Tracy McVeigh wrote in answer to her own question, "they are also all firstborn children in their families. Firstborn children really do excel."
So what does it mean to be an eldest daughter?
Firstborns Lisette Schuitemaker and Wies Enthoven set out to discover the big five qualities that characterize all eldest daughters to some degree. Eldest daughters are responsible, dutiful, thoughtful, expeditious and caring. Firstborns are more intelligent than their siblings, more proficient verbally and more motivated to perform. Yet at the same time they seriously doubt that they are good enough. Being an eldest daughter can have certain advantages, but the overbearing sense of responsibility often gets in the way. Parents may worry about their 'difficult' eldest girl who wants to be perfect in everything she does whilst her siblings may not always understand her. "The Eldest Daughter Effect" shows how firstborn girls become who they are and offers insights that can give them more freedom to move. And parents will gain a better understanding of their firstborn children and can support them more fully on their way.

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    October 11, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9781844097999
      • File size: 1126 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781844097999
      • File size: 1126 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 15, 2016

      First-born daughters Schuitemaker and Enthoven, life coach and writer/teacher respectively, were intrigued by the qualities that eldest daughters seem to share and went on to research, through studies and interviews, some of these attributes, including being dutiful, responsible, and efficient, as well as overriding doubt about being good enough. Here, the authors describe in depth the consequences of birth order and then write specifically to eldest daughters about applying their best qualities to areas of friendship, work, love, and children. Quotes from notable women who are eldest daughter (e.g., Angela Merkel, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Lady Gaga, and others) permeate the text and serve as a source of support for readers. VERDICT Eldest daughters and those who love them will find this book fascinating.

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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