Brothers and Sisters: The Order of Birth in the Family - Softcover

Karl K�nig

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9780903540384: Brothers and Sisters: The Order of Birth in the Family

Softcover

ISBN 10: 090354038X ISBN 13: 9780903540384

Publisher: Floris Books, 1980

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The author's hypothesis is that just as our environment shapes our language, social behaviour and mannerisms, so our place in the family determines how we encounter life. In this book Konig explains the various characteristics of first, second and third born people.

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About the Author:

Karl Konig (1902-66) was well-known as a physician, author and lecturer. He began his work at the Institute of Embryology at the University of Vienna. In 1940 he founded the Camphill Movement in Scotland. Based on the educational ideas of Rudolf Steiner, the special education schools for children and villages for adults with special needs are now established all over Britain and Europe, North America and Southern Africa. He is the author of The First Three Years of the Child (Floris Books). Professor Colwyn Trevarthen is Professor of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh.

Review:

'Readers will approach this book from their respective family positions, which in my case is the first of four. It was striking to see the first-born characterised as a defender of faith, tradition and the family against new ideas and action. Surely the balance is critical here.' -- David Lorimer, Scientific & Medical Network, Summer 2004 'For me the most telling aspect was how much Koenig's descriptions of the first, second, third child and so on fitted so closely with characteristics we'd noticed in our children.' -- Education Otherwise 'Fascinating.' -- Desmond Morris, author of 'The Naked Ape'

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