Siblings

One, Two, Three

Glennon Melton | Posted 02.03.2012 | Parents

Read More: Loving Children, Giving Birth, Siblings, Having Multiples, Parents-Pregnancy, Unconditional Love, Parents-Babies, Parents-Moms, Parents News

The earth shakes when the doctor places your firstborn in your arms. Holding your second, you become human again. Then the third arrives. And as you hold her for the first time, you notice that your hands are steady.

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Grateful Only Child, The Manhattan Phenomenon

Camilla Webster | Posted 01.25.2012 | New York

Read More: Suburbs, Women, Manhattan, Central Park, Siblings, Only Child, New York City, Parents, Family, Only Children, New York News

More often than not being an only in NY means you have your own room, you play with friends, and if your parents have the opportunity you are thrust into a sea of onlys at every minute of your formative years.

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Sister, Sister: Sharing

Allison Fitts | Posted 01.15.2012 | High School

Read More: Siblings Sharing, Sharing, Sister Sister, Siblings, Sisters, High School News

Instead of toys, we now fight over electronics. When we shared a computer, there were intense debates over whose turn it was to play Oregon Trail, but now the fights stem from a small gadget: the iPod adapter cord.

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Marci And Me: After 34 Years, The Internet Gave Me A Sister I’d Never Known

| Posted 01.06.2012 | Women

Read More: Adoption Story, Reuniting, Facebook, Adoption Registry Connect, Siblings, Adoption, Family, Women News

By Luke O'Neil (Click here for original article.) We have a few holiday traditions in the O'Neil family. We gather around the piano singing "I'll ...

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When Sibling Rivalry Never Dies

Ann Brenoff | Posted 01.06.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Family Roles, Getting Along With Family, Sibling Rivalry, Handling Sibling Rivalry, Sibling Rivalry in Adults, Siblings, Fifty News

In some cases, sibling rivalry grows into adult envy. Whether the underlying reason is that Mom loved you more, or it's just a simple matter of old habits dying hard, I find this possibility unsettling.

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WATCH: 'Vazquez Sounds' Sign With Sony Music

Posted 12.12.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Cultura, Video, Mexicans, Siblings, Adele, Mexico, Vazquez Sounds, Music, Adele Covers, Latino Voices News

Thanks to a video gone viral on YouTube, another set of young tweens have gone from covering songs to getting signed by a music company. That's right,...

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Up Side of the Down Slide

Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh | Posted 12.12.2011 | Parents

Read More: Playground, Parenting, Discipline, Sibling Rivalry, Big Sisters, Siblings, Kids Play, Playing With Kids, Parents-Kids, Parents News

They have had their share of scrapes and bruises. But I love that my girls have band-aids on their knees and keep on running. When life knocks them down, which it will sometimes, I know they will rally.

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It's Not Fair! 3 Rules for Handling Jealousy Among Kids

Signe Whitson | Posted 01.15.2012 | Parents

Read More: Teen Friendships, Relational Aggression, Coping With Jealousy, Sibling Rivalry, Bullying, Siblings, Girl Friendships, Social Exclusion, Jealousy Among Friends, Jealousy, Parents News

Sometimes, a demand for fairness has everything to do with a wrong that needs to be righted, but just as often, "It's not fair" is kid-language for "I'm soooooo jealous!"

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My Brother Is Leaving For College And I'm Not

| Nicholas M., Franklin Lakes, NJ | Posted 12.31.2011 | High School

Read More: College Admissions, College Season, Teen Writing, Siblings, Packing for College, College Prep, High School News, teenink.com, High School News

This is a teen-written article from our friends at Teenink.com. My brother is leaving for college soon, and my mom has been pestering him to clean ...

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Do Brothers Stall Their Sisters' Sex Lives?

Jena Pincott | Posted 12.25.2011 | Women

Read More: Psychology, Teenage Girls, Parenting, Pheromones, Sexuality, Family, Sexually Active, Siblings, Women News

The age at which a teenage girl starts to become sexually active depends a lot on her social environment. It especially depends on the family environment. The hidden influence is the younger sibling.

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8 Ways We Improve With Age

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 12.24.2011 | Fifty

Read More: Long-Term-Marriage, Midlife Crisis, Empty Nest, Siblings, Midlife, Reinvention, Aging, Healhty Aging, Beauty, Aging Appearance, Confidence, Ageless Beauty, Extended Family, Fifty News

When it comes to turning 50, "The Midlife Crisis" is as inaccurate -- and tiresome -- a cliché as "Reinvent Yourself" has become.

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Wisconsin Newspaper Carrier Saves Elderly Siblings

Posted 12.20.2011 | Impact

Read More: Elderly, Video, Newspaper Carrier, Siblings, Shirley Washa, Madison Wisconsin, Darrell Washa, Sylvester Phillips, Good News, Impact News

A Wisconsin newspaper carrier delivered more than papers for two siblings in Madison -- he provided life-saving action. After Sylvester Phillips, a W...

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Loving The Challenging Child

Maggie Lamond Simone | Posted 12.19.2011 | Parents

Read More: Children, Daughters, Siblings, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Mothers and Daughters, Toddlers, Parents News

My "difficult child" isn't challenging because of who she is. She's challenging because of who I am. I don't always understand her, or how she thinks, or why she reacts the way she does.

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Who Thinks Pregnant Women Are Sexy?

Jena Pincott | Posted 12.17.2011 | Parents

Read More: Pregnancy, Sexual Imprinting, Sexual Attraction, Breastfeeding, Lactation, Sex, Attraction, Younger Siblings, Siblings, Pregnancy Sexy, Parents News

A new study found that respondents who eroticized pregnancy and breastfeeding had significantly more younger siblings than expected by chance.

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Why I Compared My Sister's Wedding to My Own

Nanette Lepore | Posted 12.06.2011 | Weddings

Read More: Planning Your Wedding, Getting Married, Wedding Stories, Etiquette and Advice, Sisters, Siblings, After the Wedding, Weddings News

Here's my advice: if you have a sister, make her go down the aisle first so you can learn from her mistakes. And when it comes to a party, no one remembers the details, they just remember the fun.

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Birth Order And Personality: What Does It All Mean?

Hayley Krischer | Posted 11.28.2011 | Parents

Read More: Birth Order, Stepfamily, Blended Families, Family, Divorced, Personality, Children, Parents, Siblings, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Studies from the past three years show that birth order determines IQ and our personality traits. If this is so, then how do sibling rivalries shake out in stepfamilies when birth order becomes an issue?

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Five Facts About Siblings

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.26.2011 | Parents

Read More: Siblings and Personality, Siblings and Well-Being, Birth Order, Maternal Favoritism, Sibling Rivalry, Siblings, Advantages of Being an Only Child, Sibling Relationships and Adulthood, Parents News

Sibling relationships are vitally important in shaping who we are and how we behave.

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Why One Child Is Often Enough

life.nationalpost.com | Posted 11.21.2011 | Parents

Read More: One Child, Only Children, Siblings, Only Child, Parents News

We're passing one of those nostalgia-infused candy shops when I spot him. At seven, he's about the same age and size as my 4-foot-3-inch hulk of a son...

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Bachelor Wanted To Adopt One Child, Ended Up Taking Home Six

Posted 11.06.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Levan Williams, Bachelor, Chicago Impact, Adoption, Siblings, Chicago News

In early 2009, LeVan Williams was living the bachelor’s dream. He was a young, successful, pharmaceutical salesman, making a good salary and living ...

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So, Are You Having Another One?

Teresa Strasser | Posted 10.09.2011 | Parents

Read More: Diapers, Baby, Pacifier, Siblings, Toddlers, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Only Child, Parenting, Multiple Kids, Multiple Babies, Parents News

What they are really asking: Does this whole kid thing ruin or life, or did it work for you? In a way, my husband and I can't answer the question because both are true.

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Ernie and Bert's Mother

Priscilla Gilman | Posted 09.30.2011 | Parents

Read More: Motherhood, Autism, Dyslexia, Brothers, Mothering, Siblings, Hyperlexia, Parents News

So many of us have kids who seem so different from each other that we wonder: "How could these kids have come from the same parents?" But recently I discovered that there's a physiological reason for my children's differences.

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Sibling Trio On The Lam After Southern Spree: Cops

AP | Posted 10.05.2011 | Crime

Read More: Grace Le E. Dougherty, Siblings, Bank Robbery, Stanley Dylan Dougherty, Subaru Impreza, Ryan Edward Dougherty, Family, Police Car, Assault Rifles, Crime News

ATLANTA — Three siblings who authorities say shot up a police car in Florida and robbed a bank in Georgia were on the loose Thursday and likely ...

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Why Divorce May Be Tougher For An Only Child

Vicki Larson | Posted 09.17.2011 | Divorce

Read More: Susan Newman, Judith Wallerstein, Divorce, Siblings, Patricia Arquette, Carl Pickhardt, Maria Shriver, Unhappy Mothers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Only Children, Small Families, Happiness, Family, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Toni Falbo, Only Child, Only Child Psychology, Divorce News

Whenever a couple gets divorced, the first question their friends and extended family wonder about is, what about the kids? We know the way parents h...

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Losing Siblings

Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Sibling Relationships, Bi-Polar Disorder, Linnie Frank Bailey, Sibling Rivalry, San Francisco, Siblings, Family, Death & Dying, Relationships, Healthy Living News

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 | Divorce

Read More: Sibling Relationships, Advice, Siblings, Divorce Advice, Divorce News

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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