It’s all too easy to focus on our family members’ negative traits, especially as your sibling’s quirks, which drove you up the wall when you were a kid, likely still push your buttons now. But while ...

Every Thanksgiving, my brother—who runs a successful business and manages a team of twenty people—reverts to being twelve years old the moment we’re back in our childhood kitchen. He picks fights over ...

My twin sister and I weren't best friends growing up, despite the assumptions about twins. Our parents allowed — even encouraged — us to be individuals, and I'm thankful for that. It wasn't until we ...

When it comes to our closest adult relationships, the ones we have with our siblings often take a back seat. Parent-child relationships, romantic relationships and peer relationships hog our ...

One of the raps on single people is that they create alienation and anomie. A nation that would be connected, family-oriented, and community-minded if all those singles were married instead becomes a ...

Hearing your siblings describe their childhood can sometimes be a little jarring. You may even get the sense that you didn’t grow up on the same planet, much less in the same house. “Despite having ...

My sister and I are polar opposites. She is a kind and loving person. I do not have any harsh things to say to describe her. However, she fails to honor the boundaries that should come with adult ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: Now that my siblings and I are "orphans" -- both of our parents have died -- we have only one another left. This is proving to be challenging. All of our old childhood behaviors are ...