Sibling Relationships

5 Keys To Cutting Your Mental And Emotional Umbilical Cord

Judith Johnson | Posted 05.24.2012

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Judith Johnson

It is essential to recognize that these family roles are not "the truth," but simply the roles we assume in our relationship to other family members. Typically, there is a sense of self that doesn't match the role, and the individual struggles to reconcile the two.

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Sister Act

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 05.08.2012

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Leda Natkin Nelis

My thirteen-year-old daughter has been looking on with envy as I spend my odd hours crafting and polishing parenting columns focused on her brother -- his quirks, his talents, his challenges. This week, let me shift my attention to her, the neurotypical sibling.

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Spacing Kids: Should You Have Your Children in Close Succession? A Cross-Cultural Conundrum

Juliet Linley | Posted 11.17.2011

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Juliet Linley

Giovanna lives with the anguish of not wanting a second child so soon, but with the concern that she is harming her son by not giving him a little brother or sister immediately.

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Losing Siblings

Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 11.17.2011

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Linnie Frank Bailey

Some siblings are lost through death, others to squabbles and disagreements. Sometimes it's minor, and sometimes it's major, although it seems to me that when you're standing over a sibling's grave, most conflicts pale in comparison.

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Help! My Brother's Divorce Is Complicating My Life

Carolyn Hax | Carolyn Hax | Posted 05.25.2011

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I feel stuck. My older brother is going through a divorce. He has been living at my parents' for the last four months. My husband and I are currently ...

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Can Grown-Up Siblings Learn To Get Along?

Psychology Today | Carlin Flora | Posted 05.25.2011

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The sibling relationship is a love-hate affair from the get-go. But with effort, brothers and sisters of any age can shed old patterns and forge new b...

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