Siblings

Girls Bring Happiness And Optimism To Family
by eNotAlone.com
According to the findings by psychologists at De Montfort University and the University of Ulster, individuals who grow up with a sister, are happier, more optimistic and better balanced in their future life. As to brothers - researchers said that they

Part 1
The Normal One: Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling
by Jeanne Safer, Ph.D.
Few bonds in our lives are as psychologically and emotionally significant as the ones we share with our sisters and brothers, although little has been written about this formative relationship. In this first-of-its-kind book, psychotherapist Jeanne Safer

Preface, Part 1
You Were Always Mom's Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives
by Deborah Tannen
New York Times bestselling author Deborah Tannen is renowned for illuminating the way we communicate - and revolutionizing relationships in the process. What she did for women and men in You Just Don't Understand, and mothers and daughters in You're

The Family and it's Members
by Anna Garlin Spencer
The relation of brothers and sisters in the family group has passed through many changes and must at times have caused much confusion and difficulty in the home. For example, in that state of familial association in which all the brothers of a certain

Sibling Squabbles: Helping Your Kids Get Along
by SAMHSA
At times, parents may feel that there is nothing they can do to stop their children from fighting and that their children just have to outgrow this stage. But if conflicts between your children are handled well, sibling rivalry can be reduced.

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A Piece of Normal
by Sandi Kahn Shelton
Speaking of kisses, I know this may sound weird, but in the past month, I have set up three first dates for Teddy, my ex-husband. I'm not sure he's had any kisses - restorative or otherwise - from any of the three women, but at least on tonight's date

Seven Sisters
Forever Sisters: Famous Writers Celebrate the Power of Sisterhood with Short Stories, Essays, and Memoirs
by Claudia O'Keefe
A woman I worked with, named Ellery, was having a baby. Addison, her sister, was giving the shower, and since I volunteered to help, I was asked to arrive an hour earlier than all the other guests.

Author Q&A: Sisters Talking About Sisters
The Alphabet Sisters: A Novel
by Monica McInerney
Monica McInerney, author of The Alphabet Sisters, has a real-time e-mail conversation with her three real-life sisters. Lea, forty-five years old and a management consultant, is in Hobart, Tasmania. In South Australia is Marie, fortythree, a journalist

Reader's Guide
The Alphabet Sisters: A Novel
by Monica McInerney
1. The Alphabet Sisters begins and ends with chapters from Bett's perspective. Why do you think that author Monica McInerney chose to frame the novel in this way? Do you think that Bett is the guiding narrative voice in the story? Why or why not?

London, England
The Alphabet Sisters: A Novel
by Monica McInerney
Your sister is married to your ex-fiancé? Jessica's voice rose to such a pitch Bett Quinlan half expected the lightbulbs to explode. 'We've worked together for nearly two years and you tell me this now?'

Define Your Relationship
Sibling Revelry: 8 Steps to Successful Adult Sibling Relationships
by Jo Ann Levitt, M.A., R.N., Marjory Levitt, Ph.D., Joel Levitt
The first step in the eight-step process is to define your relationship. Until you know what you're working with and how you actually view your sibling connection, there's no point in attempting change. Besides, it is difficult to transform a relationship

The Solution to Sibling Bickering
'Mom, Jason's Breathing on Me!' : The Solution to Sibling Bickering
by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.
We had a three-part plan. 1. If we intervened in squabbling between Nick and Margaret, it would never be on one side or the other. The two of you stop it. The one and only exception was if there was potential harm to one or the other and harm does not me

Inequality Starts At Home
The Pecking Order: A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become
by Dalton Conley
Let me start with a story. Once upon a time a future president was born. William Jefferson Blythe IV entered the world one month premature but at a healthy six pounds and eight ounces. At twenty-three, his mother, Virginia, was young by today's standards