Dear Annie: My sister and I were once inseparable. We talked every day, shared everything and leaned on each other through some of life’s hardest moments -- including our parents’ divorce and the loss ...

There are two common assumptions about the relationships between brothers and sisters. The first is that these relationships are the longest of our lives. In having two or more children, parents might ...

Fern Schumer Chapman and her brother were only 2 1/2 years apart in age, but they were never close as children. As they grew up, the distance yawned between them: Phone calls went unreturned. When ...