Honey Boo Boo: Her Double Birth Order

 

The latest in reality shows is Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

Alana Thompson got her start on TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras

as a pageant contestant. Her personality caught the eye of

the Network who signed her for 10 episodes.

Birth Order

For those readers unfamiliar with birth order a few words

of explanation are in order. Birth order is your rank in the

family by order of your birth. Every child in a family displays

a certain group of personality characteristics depending on

their place in the family. This occurs because of the interaction

between siblings, each is different. The only exception is the

Only child who has no siblings so he is influenced by the birth

order of his parents. Double birth orders occur when the 

spacing between individual or groups of siblings is four 

years or more. You can find more information in my book; 

Life’s Fingerprint:How Birth Order Affects Your Path 

Throughout Life by Dr. Robert V.V. Hurst.

Honey’s Birth Order

Honey is the fourth child in her family. Anna is 17, Jessica

15, Lauryn 12 and Honey is 6. Since there is a six year

space between Lauryn and Honey this gives her a Four/Only

Double birth order.  She is the fourth born but has been given

the nurturing of an Only child since she has been at home with

her mother as her older siblings were at school. This is a 

powerful combination as the two birth orders are at the 

opposite ends of the birth order scale.

Fourth Borns

The fourth born child is the true baby in the family.  The older

children take care of the baby so life is easy with others taking

care of you.  Being the baby you have to speak up to get

attention so they are loud in order to talk over their older 

siblings. As a Four, the adult world does not look intimidating 

as they have been interacting with much older siblings all their 

lives. They can be very social and mix well with children and 

adults. Life is fun if you don’t have to grow up.

Only Birth Order

This child has no siblings so most interactions are with adults.

This is their peer group and their parents treat them as adults

and they talk like adults. Most precocious children are Only’s or

a combination of their birth order and the Only characteristics.

Shirley Temple, a child star of the past, was a combination of a

Three and an Only birth order. She had the childlike qualities

of a Three but spoke her lines like an adult.  This was a very

captivating combination.  These unique qualities did not allow

her to advance her career into adulthood.  The magic was gone.

  

Four/Only Birth Order

This is Honey Boo Boo.  When you add the Only 

characteristics to the Four you get a very loud, in- your- face 

child.  You amplify intensity and magnify all the Fourth born 

traits with the addition of the Only birth order.  At six years 

difference from her older sister, Honey is a child that is 60% 

an Only and 40% a Four. She shows the child characteristics 

on steroids and you can see the power of her personality in 

the program.  A little person speaking adult lines is very 

comical to the public. Over time Honey will get older and 

just like Shirley Temple these characteristics won’t elicit the 

same response.  Look for the ratings to drop as Honey Boo 

Boo becomes Honey Doo Doo.

If you think you have a little Honey Boo Boo at home; a child

with a Double Birth Order. Send me a comment with your family

information and I will give you the answer. Go to our website at

www.mybirthorder.com