In a past article, I’ve written about differing emotional capacity, as a reason for the mismatch with some siblings. In another, I’ve touched upon unequal investment and reciprocity with the “almost” relationship. Both of these served to illustrate what I call an asymmetrical sibling relationship. In today’s article, I want to expand and broaden justContinue reading “Understanding Asymmetrical Sibling Relationships”
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and Sibling Estrangement
In a former job, where I used to work as a substance abuse counselor, there would be a concept that I would bring up with regard to certain behaviors that would be predictive with some clients. It had to do with the idea that if an initial problem was not taken care of and keptContinue reading “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and Sibling Estrangement”
