Growing up, Lois Braverman was the star of her family. The elder of two, she was a straight-A student—hyper-responsible, and, she admits, quite humorless around the house. Her less-ambitious brother ...

If you’ve ever watched a pair of siblings laughing over an inside joke, backing each other up at the dinner table, or navigating life with the seamless shorthand of best friends, you might assume it’s ...

"It's been part of our culture, at least in the US, to think that siblings fight. That there's going to be lots of times they don't get along. That's what they do," said Laurie Kramer, a professor of ...

Research consistently shows that relationships with siblings are special and important for well-being across the lifespan. In the United States, one in six children has a developmental or behavioral ...

In "Chickenpox," by Remy Lai, it's 1994 in Indonesia and 12-year-old Abby wishes she were an only child. Her four younger siblings are always cramping her style -- getting into Abby's stuff, being ...

Sibling relationships are complicated, and while some rivalry is normal in childhood, whether or not brothers and sisters stay close as adults often has roots in the way they were raised. Parents may ...