sibling relationships

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This is a fantastic conversation to listen to as a family. It will give you amazing insight into issues you may be facing as well as eye-opening honesty about how the young adults in your life are thinking about these topics.

In this conversation, Mel and Oakley discuss topics like:

How to properly support someone you love with anxiety

When to know if it’s time to break up with someone

If it’s possible to stay friends with an ex

How to create boundaries with your family

When you should be worried someone is spending too much time alone

A really interesting take on gaming

Handling the pressure of college applications, divorce, job search, or finding your purpose

How to talk to your kid about alcohol: surprising boundaries you can use to protect the ones you love

What to do to get someone talking when they are not talking to you

Specific advice on building confidence as a young adult

Mistakes divorcing parents make

How to have a tough conversation with your parents

Calming words for someone going through a hard time

A short visualization exercise to calm anxiety

A fun and free way to get closer to your family

A young adult perspective on hazing and bullying and why you should always get your parents involved

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For most people, their siblings will be the longest-lasting relationships of their lives, potentially enduring all the way from birth until past the death of their parents. 

Marked by both jealousy and conflict and love and loyalty, siblings are also some of our most complicated relationships. While a little over half of people describe their relationships with their siblings as positive, about one-fifth classify them as negative, and a quarter say their feelings about their siblings are decidedly mixed. 

Here to take us on a tour of the complex landscape of sibling-dom is Geoffrey Greif, a professor of social work and the co-author of the bookAdult Sibling Relationships. Today on the show, Geoffrey shares how our brothers and sisters shape us and how our relationship with our siblings changes as we move from childhood to old age. We discuss how the perception of parental favoritism affects the closeness of siblings and how a parent's relationship with their own siblings affects the relationship between their children. Geoffrey explains how most sibling relationships are marked by the three A's — affection, ambiguity, and/or ambivalence — and how the relationship can also become very distant or outright severed. We end our conversation with Geoffrey's advice on developing a good relationship between your children and reconnecting with your own siblings.

Resources Related to the Episode

• Geoffrey's previous appearance on the AoM podcast: Episode #360 — Understanding Male Friendships
• AoM Article: Forging the Bond Between Brothers
• Study: "How Experiences with Siblings Relate to the Parenting of Siblings"
• Study: "Differential Effects of Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Favoritism on Sibling Tension in Adulthood"

Connect With Geoffrey Greif

• Geoffrey's Faculty Page

Our brothers and sisters are our first friends and first rivals, and the relationships that we have with our siblings are often the longest lasting relationships of our lives. Laurie Kramer, PhD, of Northeastern University, and Megan Gilligan, PhD, of Iowa State University, talk about how our siblings influence our lives from childhood through adulthood, how parents can help foster close relationships among their children, and what people can do in adulthood to maintain and improve relationships with their own siblings.

Show Links

Laurie Kramer, PhD
Megan Gilligan, PhD
funwithsistersandbrothers.org
Speaking of Psychology Homepage

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