Monthly Archives: November 2010

NPR Sibling Segment Estranged Siblings

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

NPR sibling story #http://www.npr.org/2010/11/25/131590706/siblings-find-support-and-friendship-in-each-other. In the story two siblings are estranged from a difficult childhood and come back together. Did you NOT spend Thanksgiving with your sibling & wonder why ? Find out if you are a “listless” sibling – … Continue reading →

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Ten Tips About Succeeding as a Step Grandparent Over The Holidays

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Two out of five American families now include a step grandparent. Continue reading →

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ABC’s Modern Family in NRP Sibling Series

Posted on November 25, 2010 by

NPR sibling series spotlights ABC’s Modern Family http://www.npr.org/2010/11/24/131564341/a-modern-family-fueled-by-sibling-fodder with an adult sibling relationship between Claire and Mitchell’s, because of the scraped nerves and half healed wounds grown-up siblings tend to carry around from childhood. This Thanksgiving, if you are Cain … Continue reading →

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Siblings Sing The Sounds Tracks to Thanksgiving on NPR

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

  NPR is highlighting the sibling relationship all this week to help us face Thanksgiving  dinner with our longest deepest relationship  http://www.npr.org/2010/11/18/131432931/the-mix-bands-of-brothers-and-sisters .Tune in and you can hear how siblings can be in harmony and create the sound tracks to … Continue reading →

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Dress like Betty Draper but have Don Draper Cook the Turkey

Posted on November 21, 2010 by

We may want to dress like the Mad Men female cast on Thanksgiving , but do not dish up the turkey like Betty Draper with poor daughter Sally doing all the serving. Show your own children fair-play genderwise and don’t … Continue reading →

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Is Your Sister Being Mama Grizzly at Thanksgiving ?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by

Many family rules are silent.- usually no one writes them down, but they get deeply scrawled in indelible ink on our cerebrum. At times hushed codes are a deadly narrative for “I Hate You” stories. Continue reading →

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Parents Can Teach Kids Empathy & Avoid Future Wounds

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

As Atticus said in To Kill a Mockingbird, you never know another human being until you walk in his shoes. Teach siblings how their behavior affects other siblings to avoid catastrophes in the future. Continue reading →

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