If you are into podcasts, you might recognize the voices of Molly and John Knefel, sister and brother co-hosts of the daily podcast Radio Dispatch.
After experiencing their own childhood drama, they wondered why this rivalry happens. We called Naomi White, Ph.D. at Cambridge University — expert in sibling conflict. She knows why kids behave differently when mom’s are in the room and when they are not.
John and Molly Knefel growing up in Iowa
Dr. White finds that the competition for attention and resources underlines the conflict, but there are certain cultural differences that affect how we mix it up at home. After hearing about the relatively new study of sibling relationships, Molly sees it as a friendship from which there is no hope of escape. Turns out there are some good life lessons to be learned by kids working the problems out for themselves.
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