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The sibling syndrome. (characteristics of sibling relationships)(Cover Story)

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From: American Demographics
Date: 19960801
Author:Crispell, Diane

Relationship between siblings can have long-lasting effects. Common activities shared by siblings include exchanging gifts, talking on the phone, traveling together, and helping each other out. Researchers have learned much about sibling relationships yet many aspects remain a mystery. Advertisers and marketers are boosting sales by promoting sibling relationships.

Since Louisa May Alcott wrote a semi-autobiographical story about four sisters in 1869, Little Women has been filmed five times. Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiographical account of four sisters growing up in a Little House on ...

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