Growing up as the eldest child often comes with extra responsibilities—which can shape the way you parent your own kids.

Some families grow apart as kids get older, while others remain remarkably close. What makes the difference is the atmosphere created at home during childhood. Parents who raise siblings who stay ...

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 ...

Siblings of children with Prader-Willi syndrome feel stressed, lonely, and need better support says new research.

Stuck in the middle? No problem, according to a new study that suggests middle children grow up to be "better" than their siblings. Middle children rule. That’s according to a new study suggesting the ...

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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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – Researchers at the University of South Carolina found that having siblings had a positive impact on children, and the increased use of electronics at an age earlier than 3 years old had ...

Siblings raised under the same roof can grow into very different people. Explore how culture, birth order, and family ...

"My mother went nuclear and told all my siblings," he said on Reddit Getty A widowed father of four began what he thought was a discreet relationship with his kids' 24-year-old au pair His mother ...