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How Birth Order Shapes Your Personality with Stephanie Ross April 15, 2014

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Giullian Gioiello, Stephanie Ross
Category: Family & Parenting, Identity & The Self

Birth order predicts more about your personality and relationships than most people realize. Armand DiMele and researcher Stephanie Ross break down how being an only child, firstborn, or later-born shapes anger triggers, confidence, and compatibility, while noting that adoption, remarriage, and loss can shift everything.

Sibling Rivalry and Competition November 3, 2005

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Family & Parenting, Identity & The Self

Sibling rivalry is rooted in biological competition for scarce resources, chiefly parental time and attention. Armand DiMele traces the dynamic from birth order through adult behavior, drawing on callers’ stories, and offers parents concrete guidance on reducing destructive competition at home.

The Sibling Bond Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Family & Parenting

Siblings shape us more than we realize. Armand DiMele traces how sibling bonds affect happiness and brain chemistry, explains the Westermarck effect and genetic sexual attraction, and connects the serotonin boost of sister-talk to why women need groups, gossip, and nail salons. Callers share their own sibling stories.