siblings
Dear sister: ‘I wonder if my silence played a hand in your suffering’
‘I had been conditioned to believe that racism was no longer real. So my approach to bullying and abuse has been to suck it up,’ writes Téa Mutonji in a letter to her sister. ‘Now, I wonder if I should have spoken out so that, seven years later, you didn’t experience it too.’
When the bully is your other kid
Sisters squabbling is one thing, but real cruelty from a sibling can be scarring
Why it’s OK to play favourites
Stephen Asma argues that liking one kid over another is natural
Oh, brother: Barbara Amiel on siblings
In praise of (sometimes trying) family ties, bittersweet love and infuriating stubbornness
Why it’s not your fault you can’t stand your sibling
Psychotherapist Jeanne Safer on toxic brothers and sisters