“Some secret of nurture withered a generation or two before I arrived, if it had ever existed before among the poor, marginalized… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I was the youngest of the six kids, and to make my older siblings laugh, that was very important. I did a… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“I always envied my friends who had older siblings who could guide them through the teenage wasteland.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
If a child has an older sibling involved in an addiction, there is a 90 percent chance that he or she will… — Virgil Miller Newton Copy Share Image
I have four older siblings and one younger, and all three of my brothers are in the music industry. My dad was… — Liberty Ross Copy Share Image
I grew up in Chicago with a single mother. I'm the youngest of six kids, and my older siblings are much older… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
“Venn was like a devilish older sibling, offering that brotherly combination of wholly unreliable and utterly trustworthy.” — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
“A dramatic illustration of how environment shapes personality is the story of the Gilmore family. On January 17, 1978, in Utah, the… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
I hated high school. I watched my older siblings out in the world and they seemed to be having a much better… — Jared Isaacman Copy Share Image
I did not even go to kindergarten; I just started first grade when I was five and started reading right away. I… — Joan Ganz Cooney Copy Share Image
“Ooan?” I said. I hadn’t called it that for years. My older siblings called our parents by their names, and I had… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
Older siblings get more total-immersion mentoring with their parents before younger siblings come along. As a result, they get an IQ and… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
I have five older siblings, so we were always sharing stuff. I think my parents did a good job of letting us… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
