The article emphasizes the significant yet underappreciated influence siblings have on each other, as discussed by Susan Dominus in The New York Times Magazine. While parents have long been regarded as the primary shapers of children's lives, the relationship between siblings significantly affects a child's identity, behavior, and even well-being. Despite 80% of American children growing up with siblings, psychological studies have largely overlooked their impact. Those with strong sibling bonds tend to enjoy better mental and physical health, highlighting the importance of these relationships that can last long into adulthood.
Siblings shape each other's identity, alter behavior, and even affect mental and physical health, playing a significant role in each other's lives.
Eighty percent of American children grow up with at least one sibling, yet their influence on children remains under-explored in psychological research.
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