Lillian S. Hawthorne Quotes

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Sibling relationships in general are among the earliest and the most lasting relationships in our lives, but they are also among the least understood and the most underestimated.

Lillian S. Hawthorne

Our siblings can be allies against our parents whenever we, as children, wage our silent, secret, but unavoidable wars against them. Siblings also assuage feelings of loneliness, which is one of the main reasons an only child will wish for a brother or sister.

Lillian S. Hawthorne

Thanks to Freud, the terms sibling and rivalry became virtually attached to each other.

Lillian S. Hawthorne