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schnoo Source: BBC News
They call themselves the most hated family in the US and they picket funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq.

From Thanksgiving to New Year's, the level of emotions become very intense as families gather to celebrate the holidays. Unfortunately, many of those emotions are negative - ranging from sibling rivalry, envy, anger, and even rage.

Divorce rates are through the roof, and the reasons are as varied as the colors of a spectrum. Mine is simple - in a complicated way.

Source: The New York Times
The new evidence that eldest children develop higher I.Q.'s than their siblings has intensified the debate over two of the most stubborn questions in social science: What are the family dynamics that enhance intelligence? And can they — and should they — be changed?

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
I have been studying siblings for many years. One thing I have learnt is that there is only one thing you can say about all siblings. This is that there is no one thing that you can say about all siblings. They are as various as snowflakes.

Source: Toronto
-- "Father knows best" isn't just an old TV show any more — it's where Canada and the U.S. beg to differ, according to Environics pollster Michael Adams.

I am taking a graduate anthropology seminar on media studies. This morning we were shown a compilation of children's commercials. The themes, along gender lines, were simple and explicit: