If I’m being honest, as a firstborn daughter – Alexa, play “Surface Pressure,” from the Encanto soundtrack – I’ve got to admit that we’re a very specific bundle of neuroses. Samm Davidson agrees, and today she’s got a word for anybody out there who’s raising one of us. “Over the years I have listened to many friends of mine describe and discuss their own firstborn daughters with a list of adjectives and attributes that sound all too familiar,” she writes. “So without pretending to be a scientist, and with the caveat and understanding that birth order generalizations and stereotypes are not always accurate, I would like to offer you moms with firstborn daughters a little advice.” I think it’s pretty helpful! It’ll at least explain some of the meltdowns. Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor | 
