<div><p>Perhaps all the pressure your parents put on you as the oldest to set an example for your younger siblings is finally paying off - or maybe all the researchers at the University of Edinburgh are first-born children.</p><p>Either way, in a new study recently released by the University, <a href="http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2017/first-borns-have-mental-edge-study-shows">First-born children are found to be smarter</a> than their siblings.</p><p> Birth order effect is a phenomenon that tries to explain why some children born first grow up to have a higher-level of education and better paying jobs. </p><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2253177359-3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2253177359-3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2253177359-3_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/2253177359-3_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><p>The suggestion is that parents received more intellectual support with tasks that improved their thinking skills. </p><p>Sure, parents went easier on younger children, but they were also more likely to take more health risks after having their first baby such as smoking while pregnant.</p><p>What do you think? Is this legit?</p><p>See a few explanations below:</p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="61ruJlQ5S9s"></amp-youtube></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="7zw8_SQLZ-A"></amp-youtube></div><p>Like & Share if you're the oldest!</p></div>