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Category: sibling rivalry
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When it comes to growing up together, our kids are often jealous of and competitive with each other. There are power struggles between sisters and brothers. And sometimes our kids just don't like each other. Literature and real life are full of it. As parents, we wish it weren't so, especially when the dislikes between…
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Many of us take great pleasure in helping out our children financially. If we have the wherewithal we're likely to help them with a downpayment to buy a house. (Roughly 20 percent of U.S. homeowners received gifts or loans to help them buy a home, according to Money Magazine, and most of that money came…
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If we favor one child over another financially–even because one is needy and one is not–sibling rivalry can rear its ugly head and upset a family’s balance.
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It may make sense to divide our worldly goods unevenly among our grown children. But if we do, we are well advised to let them know about it.
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Jill and Lenny had made it a very pleasant habit to take their grown children on vacation with them. First they had a condo at the beach. Once they sold that, they rented at interesting, far-away places–one or two condos so everyone could come together and relax as one big, happy family. They're not so…
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Remembering to mind our manners when our grown kids come home for a visit.
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When grown up children quarrel, the pain is felt by the parents and it is especially acute at holiday time.
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