7 Ways Your Siblings May Have Shaped You - US News and World Report

7 Ways Your Siblings May Have Shaped You - US News and World Report


7 Ways Your Siblings May Have Shaped You
It's not just your parents who are responsible for how you turned out
By Lindsay Lyon
Posted July 31, 2009

Excerpts:

Ah, siblings: both a blessing and a curse. Approximately 80 percent of Americans have at least one brother or sister; in fact, kids today are more likely to grow up with a sibling than a father, experts say. What's more, the sibling relationship
is the longest relationship that most people will have in their lives. Yet brothers and sisters have gotten short shrift in the research about what affects who we are and how we behave, experts say. They've been "amazingly neglected," says Judith Dunn, a professor of developmental psychology at King's College London.

1. They may buffer stress.
2. They provide good practice.
3. They may help raise our vulnerability to mental-health issues.
4. They can grease a slide into bad behavior.
5. They may inspire us to be different from them.
6. They may make us more jealous of romantic partners.
7. Or they may give a boost to our love life.

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This posting was made my Jim Jacobs, President & CEO of Jacobs Executive Advisors. Jim also serves as Leader of Jacobs Advisors' Insurance Practice.