Siblings

'Socially' Acceptable Medicine

nytimes.com | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


While there have been plenty of studies of how pairs of people, especially spouses, affect each others' health, there have been far fewer studies of h...

All So Human: Where the Wild Things Are

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment


Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

With courageous creativity Spike Jonze has taken Sendak's book and produced a visually astounding and psychologically turbulent film that warrants recognition in its own right.

Three Males, No Women -- The True Story of The Boys Are Back

Simon Carr | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living


Simon Carr

After my wife died the care and control of our five-year-old son fell to me. The idea of a man bringing up a young child was alien to the spirit of the age.

Who Is Your Mother's Favorite?

Deborah Tannen | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Deborah Tannen

Stamberg began our conversation by asking, with a mischievous twinkle that I could see in her eye and my sisters could hear in her voice, "So ladies, which of you was your mother's favorite?" While I hesitated and Naomi responded thoughtfully, "Oh, that's a good first question," Mimi quipped, "Obviously me. No question."

The Secret Bond That Sisters Share

Deborah Tannen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Deborah Tannen

A sister is someone with whom you can laugh and be silly like when you were kids; who still sees in you the child you were; who shares your past and your memories of it.

Birth Order: Fun To Debate, But How Important?

nytimes.com | PERRI KLASS, M.D. | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living


Everyone takes it personally when it comes to birth order. After all, everyone is an oldest or a middle or a youngest or an only child, and even as ad...

Obama's Family Vacation: An Oxymoron Case Study

Thelma Adams | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living


Thelma Adams

While parents might return from vacation tired, and cranky, and feeling like the entire exercise was counter-therapy, kids remembered it differently.

Strange Bedfellow

Suz Redfearn | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living


Suz Redfearn

The event happened decades ago, but the memory remains terribly vivid. I awoke suddenly, alone, in my mom's dimly lit bedroom in the middle of a blustery South Florida night.

Marital Mentality #2: The More Profound Historic Change

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living


Bella DePaulo

Why should you have to be any kind of a couple to have access to basic rights, protections, dignity, and respect?

Band of Brothers Creates A Brother's Bond

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living


Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

Autism has been the strangest experience of my life. Positives and negatives, hope and despair, triumphs and defeat, laughter and tears.

Brand New (Year)

Molly Magid Hoagland | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living


Molly Magid Hoagland

My younger boy just turned four, but the other day he fell asleep against my chest like an infant. He's now the age his older brother was when he was born.