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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : birth order</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/birth+order/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: birth order</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Take a Younger Sibling to Play Day</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/02/12/take-a-younger-sibling-to-play-day.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:1475</guid><dc:creator>Emily Bazelon</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/1475.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1475</wfw:commentRss><description>I've written before about the effect of birth order on intelligence. It's not my favorite topic, because it pits older siblings against younger siblings and inevitably makes parents feel guilty. Here's a new study from Brigham Young University economics...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/02/12/take-a-younger-sibling-to-play-day.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1475" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/parenting/default.aspx">parenting</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/siblings/default.aspx">siblings</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/birth+order/default.aspx">birth order</category></item></channel></rss>