Articles for My Siblings

DEAR BEL: My siblings won't help me care for our difficult, ageing mum - I want to just pack my bags and leave
1 month, 1 week ago

DEAR BEL: My siblings won't help me care for our difficult, ageing mum - I want to just pack my bags and leave

Daily Mail  

Dear Bel, I’m caring for my mother, in her mid-90s. Both my siblings have told me, ‘Well, you’re getting paid to look after her.’ But, while this is true, caring is now a real challenge, as I’m older with a depressive disorder which requires medication. SUE Bel Mooney replies: Sue, I’m glad to say I don’t find anything remotely ‘offensive’ …

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I’m Sharing My Windfall With My Wife. But She’s Sorely Mistaken About a Key Detail.
4 months, 1 week ago

I’m Sharing My Windfall With My Wife. But She’s Sorely Mistaken About a Key Detail.

Slate  

Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Plus, a new kitchen doesn’t make us money, but a new rental property does. It won’t be helpful to suddenly make this an issue about your money versus hers—especially if you two haven’t split your finances like this in the past. That money can help cover the gap you’ll have once you stop …

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My Dad Was Gay — But Married To My Mom For 64 Years. As She Died, I Overheard Something I Can't Forget.
6 months, 1 week ago

My Dad Was Gay — But Married To My Mom For 64 Years. As She Died, I Overheard Something I Can't Forget.

Huff Post  

The author's parents, Irene Hall, age 21, and Ralph Hall, age 27, in Pacific Grove, California, in 1945. “Honey, I’m gay,” he said, adding, “I’ve always been gay.” I was shocked, though I knew he wasn’t a stereotypical dad in the neighborhood where I grew up. “Rus-ty,” he said in a sing-song voice, calling her by the nickname she went …

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13 Undeniable Truths About Being The Oldest Sibling
1 year, 1 month ago

13 Undeniable Truths About Being The Oldest Sibling

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The best of friends. “I am more responsible for parental caregiving than my three siblings.” — Melissa K. You’re responsible and independent as a result of your upbringing. But I was terrified to bring home a C.” — Olivia H. “I had chores and curfews and expectations, and my younger two siblings had a free-for-all. Attention was …

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Caring for aging parents doesn't have to be this hard
1 year, 1 month ago

Caring for aging parents doesn't have to be this hard

LA Times  

After years of traveling abroad for work, I found myself grounded last year, brought home to Southern California not out of nostalgia but out of necessity. Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicate particularly high demand for one category of caregivers: home health and personal care aides. The 2018 RAISE Family Caregivers Act directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human …

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In Rwanda, teenage pregnancies are rising. The cost is high, analysts say
1 year, 4 months ago

In Rwanda, teenage pregnancies are rising. The cost is high, analysts say

Al Jazeera  

Previous efforts to combat teen pregnancies were met with success in Rwanda, but that progress has now stagnated. “Although the teen pregnancy situation in the East and Southern Africa region is slightly better than the sub-Saharan Average average … still close to 3.5 million, over half of all adolescent births in SSA, occur in the ESA region,” she added. “Adolescent …

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How parents unknowingly harm siblings
1 year, 4 months ago

How parents unknowingly harm siblings

BBC  

The lifelong effects of 'the favourite child' Emmanuel Lafont From serving up prawn cocktail when my brother came to visit to telling off one sibling more than the other, favouritism can take many forms Most parents won't admit it, but a surprising number have a 'hidden favourite' and the way they treat that child compared to their siblings can have …

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Geraldo outed me on national television
1 year, 6 months ago

Geraldo outed me on national television

Salon  

Just before Christmas in 1987, Geraldo Rivera outed me on national television. It was an open secret: If you didn't tell people, they could pretend they didn't know you were gay. "If you don't tell Mom, I will," Betsy said. He made it clear he didn't want to hear about anything gay, and he certainly never wanted to meet my …

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My Wife Is Suddenly Refusing to Keep the Deal We Made About Kids
54 years, 11 months ago

My Wife Is Suddenly Refusing to Keep the Deal We Made About Kids

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. FIL hates kids and constantly talks about how if he had another one he would just let it “get run over by a car” because he’s too old, and their house is generally disgusting and unhygienic. School can sometimes resemble the Hunger Games, but she’d also meet more kids than you could …

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My Daughter Has Great Friends. But I’ve Totally Had It With One of Their Moms.
54 years, 11 months ago

My Daughter Has Great Friends. But I’ve Totally Had It With One of Their Moms.

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. We think it’s important that our kids learn from conflict, and as long as it’s within the realm of normal 10-year-old-conflict, we’d strongly prefer not to get involved. — Stuck in Seattle Dear Stuck in Seattle: While I understand Barbara’s impulse to protect her daughter from pain, healthy conflict is a part …

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California’s abandoned homesteads fascinated me as a kid. Then my childhood home became one
2 years, 4 months ago

California’s abandoned homesteads fascinated me as a kid. Then my childhood home became one

LA Times  

Helin Bereket spent hours driving her rental car down the dusty roads just east of Twentynine Palms earlier this year, photographing the abandoned homesteads that littered the desert landscape. Bereket’s image of a crumbling sky blue structure with wood-trimmed windows on Raymond Drive, featured in an online magazine in June, was my childhood home. “I actually wanted to go inside, …

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My mother, a woman who defines the beauty of survival
2 years, 8 months ago

My mother, a woman who defines the beauty of survival

Al Jazeera  

Today I live in your gentlest dreams; I live in the music of your words creating a world in which lives like yours and mine are possible. From one village to the next, Chue saw the animals abandoned in their pens, piglets still suckling at their mother’s nipples, chickens flocking in yards. My mother had more children in America — …

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My Anti-Vax Siblings’ Selfishness Destroyed My Chance To Mourn My Dead Brother
3 years, 3 months ago

My Anti-Vax Siblings’ Selfishness Destroyed My Chance To Mourn My Dead Brother

Huff Post  

"I have six living siblings. Most of my siblings are among the 25% of Americans whose refusal to get vaccinated, as he said, has “cost all of us.” In my case, that “cost” came as the cancellation of our brother’s memorial, which was planned for mid-September in California. Four are staunch Donald Trump supporters who have stated COVID-19 is a …

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After my parents died, I cut my siblings out of my life for good. I don’t regret it
3 years, 5 months ago

After my parents died, I cut my siblings out of my life for good. I don’t regret it

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At first, when the sibling divisions …

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Dear Prudence: My siblings squandered their trust funds. Now they want mine.
4 years, 3 months ago

Dear Prudence: My siblings squandered their trust funds. Now they want mine.

Slate  

Slate is now asking those who read the most to support our journalism more directly by subscribing to Slate Plus. I “owe” her and my brother financial help, because apparently that’s what our parents would have wanted. Dear Prudence, A few years ago, I attended a christening for my friend Deb’s son. —Christening Conundrum It’s less a question of “Is …

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