Since narcissism is fueled by a greater need to be admired than to be liked, psychologists might use that fact as a therapeutic lever – stressing to patients that being known as a narcissist will actually cause them to lose the respect and social status they crave. – Jeffrey Kluger
My own life has in some ways been a decades-long tour of the sibling experience. I have full sibs, I have half-sibs, and for a time I had step-sibs. – Jeffrey Kluger
There arent a lot of ironclad rules of family life, but heres one: No matter how much your parents deny it – and heres betting they deny it a lot – they have a favorite child. And if youre a parent, so do you. – Jeffrey Kluger
Were learning how important it is both to preserve sibling relationships if they work and repair them if theyre broken. Were also learning a lot about nonliteral siblings – stepsiblings, half-siblings – and the surprising power they can have. – Jeffrey Kluger