There was a great article in the National Post (October 22) about how our relationship with our siblings make us who we are.
The author makes some great points about how the dynamics of life's longest relationship influence us as we get older. In a sense that how we learn to interact in the playroom of our own house is how we will interact in the playroom of life.
The article ends, hollywood-like, that the author still has long lasting relationships with their siblings. But what I always ask is just because someone still has a relationship with their sibling, does that make them nice? Of course not. We know siblings fight. We know personalities clash. We know people can be toxic. Sometimes I feel that it takes even more effort to de-friend a sibling due to toxicity than it does to maintain a relationship. So just because someone is or isn't friends with their siblings is the litmus test for being nice, it is the coping mechanisms developed, and the reactions to stress that make someone nice.
Nonetheless, as the title suggests "siblings make us who we are" despite the quality of the relationship.
