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• Sisters; or, Why Language Is Sometimes Overrated

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:20 am

  Tags: Language, Siblings, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Children, Education, Family, Language, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Pool, Sibling, Sisters, Slide, Swimming, Talking

  “I just love it we’re at this point when they understand everything you say but they haven’t learned all the words themselves yet,” said a mother at the pool today to me. She was talking about her younger daughter, who was not quite two, with curls and highly attentive to all around her. Charlie was humming while splashing

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• Sibling Survivalry: An Open Apology To Our Younger Sisters

  Published: August 22, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Sibling Survivalry

  Dear Meredith, Jillian, Christina, and Ann: We did a lot of bad things to you when we were kids. We broke your arms; intimated you had lead poisioning; outright ignored you; and punched you in the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Sibling Survivalry: Older Sisters Are All A Bunch Of Hilarious Sadists

  Published: August 23, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Commenters, Sibling Survivalry, Top

  Yesterday, we did a throwaway post on the evil that older sisters do. (At left: Dodai and her Mini-Me. By the way, that picture from yesterday? That was me. All us black girls don't look alike, you... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Never Mind the Nose Job: Who Blew Up Ashlee's Boobies?

  Published: August 28, 2007, 9:26 pm

  Tags: Ashlee, Boobies, Condo, Curves, Jello Wrestling, Jessica, Papa Joe, Restylane, Sibling Rivalry, Vero Beach

  we be witnessing a bit of sibling one-upmanship? Ashlee gets her nose done and becomes the hot Simpson. Jessica, career in the dumpster, allegedly whacks herself in the nose so she can get her nose done and hopefully reclaim her place as the hotter sister. Not willing to yield the upper hand, Ashlee breaks out the big guns. Take cover! Did

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• Sibling Survivalry: 'Glamour' Explains How To Beat Cancer, AND Your Dead Big Sister

  Published: September 6, 2007, 1:45 pm

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Glamour, Sibling Survivalry, Top

  Thanks to Fashion Week we got our October Glamour way early, and not a moment too soon, we realized yesterday when we flipped to "A Story That Could Save Your Life" on page 318. It's about two... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Comparing kids

  Published: October 2, 2007, 5:30 am

  Tags: Comparing Siblings Sibling Comparisons Competition Sibling Ri, Comparingsiblings Siblingcomparisons Competition Siblingrivalry

  parents had compared them to siblings growing up, and that this left a bitter aftertaste. I felt myself nodding, reading excerpts from readers who had felt that they were constantly in competition with their siblings as children, because I too was frequently compared to my sisters growing up. It's devastating to feel like you're in the shadow of

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• Sibling Survivalries: Are First-Borns More Successful Than Younger Siblings?

  Published: October 19, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Getty, Sibling Survivalries, Top

  You've probably heard the sterotype that first-born children are leaders and go-getters, whereas their younger siblings are spoiled troublemakers. Several scientific studies are finding that there's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• The Preschooler and the Princess: Bringing baby home

  Published: October 21, 2007, 5:57 am

  Tags: Introducing New Member Of The Family, Introducing New Baby, Introducinganewmemberofthefamily, Introducingnewbaby, Life Two, Lifewithtwo, Preventing Sibling Rivalry, Preventingsiblingrivalry, Sibling Rivalry, Siblingrivalry, Two Children, Two Kids, Twochildren, Twokids

  under: Siblings, Newborn, Infant / First year, Preschooler, Adventures in ParentingLife with two has been an interesting ride so far. I remember pondering ideal age gaps here on this site, and the 32 months between my kids seems to be pretty good, though getting pregnant when he turned two? Well, I might recommend otherwise.I guess what's

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• The Preschooler and the Princess: Bringing baby home

  Published: October 21, 2007, 5:57 am

  Tags: Introducing New Member Of The Family, Introducing New Baby, Introducinganewmemberofthefamily, Introducingnewbaby, Life Two, Lifewithtwo, Preventing Sibling Rivalry, Preventingsiblingrivalry, Sibling Rivalry, Siblingrivalry, Two Children, Two Kids, Twochildren, Twokids

  under: Siblings, Newborn, Infant / First year, Preschooler, Adventures in ParentingLife with two has been an interesting ride so far. I remember pondering ideal age gaps here on this site, and the 32 months between my kids seems to be pretty good, though getting pregnant when he turned two? Well, I might recommend otherwise.I guess what's

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• Brooke Shields daughter gets possessive

  Published: November 1, 2007, 4:01 am

  Tags: Brooke Shields, Brookeshields, Celebrity Kids, Celebritykids, Hannah Montana, Hannahmontana, Miley Cyrus, Mileycyrus, Rowan Henchy, Rowanhenchy, Sibling Rivalry, Siblingrivalry

  Filed under: 4 years, Celebrity kids, Television, Emotions, Celebrity parentsGenerally the source of a child's possessiveness toward a parent is the addition of a new baby or significant other to the family, but Brooke Shields' daughter Rowan was slammed with a double emotional whammy. Not only was she jealous that her mother was calling another

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• Daniel Huffman says his buddies asked him ... [Sibling Rivalry]

  Published: November 7, 2007, 7:45 pm

  Tags: All Politics Is Local, Ohio, Sibling Rivalry, Wonkette

  Daniel Huffman says his buddies asked him to run for mayor in Montezuma, Ohio, and he just couldn't refuse. The small problem with that plan? His sister, Charlotte Garman, told reporters that he... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Dealing with sibling rivalry

  Published: November 8, 2007, 10:06 am

  Tags: Birth Order, Birthorder, Fighting Siblings, Sibling Rivalry, The Middle Child

  under: Siblings, 3 years, 10-12 years, EmotionsThe spacing of years between my three children is a slightly odd one. Some parents meticulously plan out how many children they will have and, if possible, how far apart they will be born. Not so in our family. My oldest son, Loren, is 14. The middle child, Cassidy is 10 and the youngest son,

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• Prince Jefri Of Brunei In Poorhouse After God-Like Brother Seizes Everything [The Very Very Rich]

  Published: November 9, 2007, 10:05 am

  Tags: Brunieblog, Grain Of Sultan, Look If You Two Don T Stop This I M Going To Turn This Private Jet Around, Ma He Started It, Mom Mom, Sibling Rivalry, Stay On Your Side, The Very Very Rich

  So Russian oligarch Len Blavatnik didn't shell out $150 million for an apartment after all. (Lots of people signed letters of intent to buy that apartment, but that sure doesn't mean they will.) But!...

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• Brave New World?

  Published: November 11, 2007, 1:54 pm

  Tags: Britain, Allowed, Brothers, Clinics, Compatible, Conditions, Controversial, Culture, Cure, Dramatically, Experts, Failure, Kidneys, Laws, Legislation, Leukemia, News, Older, Perfectly, Published, Relax, Renal, Rules, Sibling, Sick, Sisters, Suffering, Views

  "PARENTS of sick children in Britain will be allowed to use IVF to create spare-part babies under controversial laws publishe read more

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• Couple has New Year baby two years in a row

  Published: January 14, 2008, 5:29 am

  Tags: New Year Baby, New Year S Babies, Newyear Sbabies, Newyearbaby, Sibling Born On Same Day, Siblingbornonsameday

  Filed under: Newborn, Birth announcement, Weird but True, In the NewsA couple in Pennsylvania rang in 2008 in the same place they greeted 2007- in the delivery room welcoming a new daughter. Faith Lynn Armstrong was born this New Year's Day at 5:23 a.m. Her sister, Kaden Skye, was the hospital's first baby in 2007 and was also born on Jan. 1.

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