Siblings

God gave us siblings so we can learn how to deal with other kinds of people.
-David Papadopoulos

We three have become far better friends as adults than we had been as children. I suspect that's because our mother was such a powerful force in our early lives. All spokes of our family wheel started with her and went outward. We only built the cross supports in later years.
-Lisa Belkin, NYT

Allow your kids to form relationships separate from you. That will mean letting them have secrets. And letting them have fights.
-Lisa Belkin, NYT