Parent-Child Quality Time: Does Birth Order Matter?

Classical 89 Thinking Aloud Interview: http://www.classical89.org/thinkingaloud/past.asp?d=6/5/2008
What's the point in a science that doesn't solve problems? Economist Joseph Price has applied his science, with great adroitness by the way, to a question about birth order and the rearing of children. His findings are striking and may lead to some corrective measures, some problem solving in our own lives, our own homes, our own families. What one economist can tell you about parental care and nurturing beyond child number one. What's happening with the subsequent children? We're thinking aloud about birth order and parent-child quality time.