Dealing with an adult sibling that has borderline personality disorder can be very difficult. This is because the sibling that is not dealing with mental illness will want to help the sick sibling as much as possible. However, if this…
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Parents should avoid being judgmental towards their children because it reflects on their parenting, in many cases. More specifically, most children are significantly influenced by their upbringing. While some parents get the challenge of raising the “bad seeds,” most of…
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Many children who have brothers and sisters are more competitive than children without siblings. There are many factors at play in this phenomenon. The children may feel like they have to compete for their parents’ attention Many young children want…
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Siblings have a natural instinct to protect one another. As children it can be from a neighborhood or school bully. Even if your younger brother instigates trouble, you are always there to help defend him in any manner necessary. As…
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Deciding on when enough is enough is not an easy task, when you find yourself constantly picking up the pieces for siblings lives. Of course the circumstances that caused you to assume this role are important in the time frame….
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Q. Why do I have a severe hatred for my little brother?….I don’t know why but I really hate my little brother. Just something about him I hate. A. It seems likely that you feel left out of things with your…
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“I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage.  Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.”  Maya Angelou How very true is the sentiment by…
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You always hear those horror stories about brothers bring home women who can only be described as monsters but you never imagined that your brother would be someone to bring one of those monsters home. So what are you to…
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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, as Shakespeare averred, but those parents determined for their child to flower should plant the seed lovingly and thoughtfully – with a well-chosen name. A name may shadow a person…
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Welcoming a new sibling can be a tough one for a child, especially if it is the first child. The more years that first child has been an only child, the harder it may be to accept an interloper who…
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How To Help Your Child Welcome A New Sibling Oh, how sweet, you have are having a second child, congratulations. Everything is going great, you have told the grandparents, and they are exited all over again, you have the nursery…
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One of you being twelve, the other eight, you were playing in living room when your mother was in her home office doing some sort of work you didn’t really know about. Okay, so you were fighting. The eight year…
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If there is anything that a sibling knows how to do, it is drive their brothers and sisters crazy, we all know the right buttons to push, to annoy each other. But if you really need to read a list,…
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Almost all parents are guilty of showing favoritism towards one of their children over the others. Typically, the eldest or the youngest are the favored ones, while the middle one just trots along. Mothers are usually guilty of favoring the…
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One of the problems with growing up with someone is, we think we know who they truly are simply because we’ve born witness to their actions over a span of many years. The reason this is a problem is because…
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Parents have to remind their young children how to show love.  The biggest way a parent can do that is to treat his/her spouse with love, respect, and affection. That will help to serve as a model for children.  When…
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Siblings Without Rivalry: How to help your children live together so you can live too. By Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish. 219 pp. Avon Books. $13.95 “You gave him more than me.”“No fair. He always gets his way”“How many times…
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The neighbor had just left with her six month old daughter. I turned to three year old Michelle and asked, “Did you have like seeing Shelby?” “Yes,” answered my daughter. “She goes home.” Since we were soon to have a…
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The family tree – or family forest if you are from a blended family – is a great treasure to pass on to other members of the family. It is often the result of many years of hard work tracing…
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In days gone by, the average person had little hope of tracing his forebears without long and expensive correspondence with a professional genealogist, or spending precious vacation time doing the rounds of dusty records offices. However, thanks to the Internet…
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My grandparents were a big influence on my life throughout my formative years. This was mainly because they were great family storytellers. Who needed William Tell and Robin Hood when faced with the exploits of Uncle Jimmy in India or…
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Many people are interested in learning more about the origin of their families and their heritages. However, if you are interested in tracing the origins of your family it can prove to be a long a drawn out process, but…
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The Church of Latter Day Saints, more commonly known as “The Mormons,” has long been interested in the discovery and preservation of genealogical records with a view toward baptizing millions of people, albeit posthumously, as a means of securing their…
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Create a genealogical research plan by starting local and documenting every aspect. Begin with the information that you know. Then, assemble your genealogy technology toolkit. Also, plan to use your computer and be in the field gathering information. Begin by…
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