Having A Sister Makes You a Kinder Person
When I got in this morning I saw Megan had tweeted, from the airport, about this story on sisters from ABC news: 
Having A Sister Makes You a Kinder Person. Like she says, now she has proof:
New research shows that having a sister – even one who pinches and tattles but also shares her ice cream cone – makes you a kinder, more giving person.
The study has found that adolescents with sisters feel less lonely, unloved, guilty, self-conscious and fearful. Regardless of whether she is older or younger, a sister has a far stronger influence than parents on a person’s mental well-being.
“Just having a sister led to less depression,” said Laura Padilla-Walker, a professor in Brigham Young University‘s School of Family Life and lead author on the study published in this month’s Journal of Family Psychology.
I could have told them that. I’ve seen that for years. Still, it’s nice to have the research done.
