How To Build Up Relations With Siblings
Everybody expects kids to squabble. Remember the DEFCON 1--degree tantrum you pulled if your younger sister gave Barbie a Grace Jones flattop? However, as we develop, the majority of us hope to achieve détente or, even better, a purposeful connection with our brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, that is not always easy. In researching my second book on family , I interviewed almost 100 women and men about how they got along with their siblings and discovered that most people wanted those relationships to enhance --if they were already pretty close or barely spoke. The trouble was, they did not understand how to make it happen. Here are ten suggestions about how best to forge a more perfect union. 1. Childhood is similar to Vegas: Permit what happened there stay there. Don't guilt yourself within the mind games that you played in your brother, and quit accusing your sister of resisting the sweater you purchased in Florence, circa 1992. Make a conscious attempt to forgive the...