every one of us possesses a gene predisposing us toward rivalry, competition, and fits of envy with any past, present, or future siblings.

The strongest common bond between the genders is the universally acknowledged truth that both men and women are unhappy with their hair.

Single people slip out of the dating market for many social, economic, psychological, and ideological reasons including marriage, illness, bankruptcy, job promotion, exhaustion, and common sense. Inevitably, however, they return because of divorce, boredom, loneliness, and memory loss.

I discovered, quite early in motherhood, that the longest and most painful deliveries occur when you give birth to stepchildren.

Our mother's first gift to us comes at the moment we are born, because Mom, as she will subsequently remind us over and over, gives us the Gift of Life Like many of the gifts we receive from our mothers, the Gift of Life usually doesn't fit properly and is almost never returnable without a major hassle.

More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good.

Changing schools and friends is hard on children and can often make them desperate and lonely enough to form closer ties with a sibling.