Firstborn Sentence Examples

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  • Christ, the firstborn among many brethren, had a natural birth at Bethlehem and also a spiritual birth begun at his baptism and consummated at his resurrection.

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  • And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn.

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  • Don't be surprised if your firstborn becomes more protective and territorial of her belongings and of you!

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  • Sibling rivalry and jealousy are normal, but there are some steps you can take to make the adjustment a little easier for your firstborn.

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  • The position of a child in the family, whether a firstborn, a middle child, the youngest, an only child, or one within a large family, has some bearing on the child's growth and development.

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  • Children learn by watching other children; however, a firstborn or an only child, who has no example to watch, may not excel in other skills, such as toilet training, at an early age.

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  • If there is a gap of five or more years between children, each child may be treated as an only child or as a firstborn.

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  • The firstborn of either gender, no matter where in the sibling order the child falls, will often be treated as a firstborn.

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  • Did you know that over half of all U.S. presidents were firstborn children?

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  • Famous firstborn children include Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel, Oprah Winfrey, Walter Cronkite, and Rush Limbaugh.

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  • If a child of any birth order has a serious medical problem or a physical or mental disability, that child rises either to firstborn status or lastborn status because parental attention is placed on this special child.

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  • For example, if there are two sons and the younger is bigger and more athletic, the younger may be treated as a firstborn because parental favor and expectations are higher for this child.

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  • Likewise, if the younger of two daughters is extremely pretty and her older sister is plain, the younger may either be treated as a favored lastborn or as a high-achieving firstborn.

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  • The firstborn twin usually takes on leadership roles for the twin pair.

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  • In general, firstborn children have been found to be responsible, assertive, task-oriented, perfectionistic, and supporters of authority.

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  • Studies have also linked firstborn children with higher academic achievement and possibly higher intelligence scores when compared to later-born children.

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  • Sometimes, they are very competitive with their firstborn sibling.

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  • Firstborn children tend to be natural leaders.

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  • Only children are often an "extreme" version of firstborn children.

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  • Your firstborn child might be a laid-back musician, and your lastborn might grow up to be a CEO.

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  • However, birth order research suggests that most only children have personalities that are similar to the firstborn son or daughter in a larger family.

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  • Do we want our firstborn to have a built-in playmate or would we prefer to have more time to enjoy his/her childhood?

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  • Take your younger child to the park while your spouse plays a board game with your firstborn.

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  • In fact, we even turn to them for advice on choosing baby names or decorating our firstborn's nursery.

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  • You can go much bigger than that, though, although if you get too big you may end up having to sell your firstborn to pay for it.

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  • She wore the mark of Darian, the firstborn of the White God.

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  • In the painful episode of the imprisonment and death of his firstborn son, Don Carlos, Philip behaved honourably.

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  • So too it is the idea of sacrificing the firstborn to Yahweh that is discussed and rejected in Micah vi.

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  • But" – she rushed on – "I want to clarify that I'm not going to owe you anything and there's no weird contract with fine print that says you get to claim my firstborn child or anything."

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  • If everyone in the world started killing firstborn would it make it anymore OK for you to do so too?

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  • Also, as Kaiser suggests, the firstborn of Moses and Zipporah may be linked with the firstborn of Pharaoh.

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  • In fact, if your new baby is the second child, your firstborn may not be exactly thrilled at her newfound competition for your attention.

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  • The daughter is the true firstborn, but the first son is the first child in the household to be treated with what the family perceives as maleness.

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  • The simple fact that she is the only one of her sex allows her to take on the characteristics of a firstborn and be treated as such.

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  • You're bound to make a few mistakes with your firstborn child.

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