In The News
- Pearson, C. (December 8, 2020). Should parents intervene when siblings fight? Huffington Post https://www.huffpost.com/entry/should-parents-intervene-siblings-fight_l_5fcfb5a3c5b6787f2a9b39f8?guccounter=1
- Hunt, K. (Sept. 16, 2020). How to help siblings get along better. CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/health/siblings-get-along-better-wellness/index.html
- Hunt, K. (May 19, 2020). The pandemic is testing sibling rivalry—and you. CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/19/health/sibling-rivalry-pandemic-wellness/index.html
- Caron, C. (May 8, 2020). Oh good, the kids are fighting again. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/parenting/kids-fighting-quarantine-coronavirus.html
- Calechman, S. (April 29, 2020). How to help sibling relationships grow stronger during quarantine. Fatherly https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/relationships/how-to-help-sibling-relationships-grow-strong/
- Hiss, K. (April 21, 2020). 12 proven ways siblings help make you who you are. Readers Digest https://www.rd.com/advice/parenting/proven-ways-siblings-help-make-you-who-you-are/
- Bouffard, S. (April 14, 2020). Helping siblings get along when you have to stay home. PBS Kids for Parents https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/helping-siblings-get-along-when-you-have-to-stay-home
- Candanosa, R. M. (April 8, 2020). “We’ll never forget spending so much time together.” News@Northeastern https://news.northeastern.edu/2020/04/07/working-from-home-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-its-an-opportunity-to-help-your-kids-get-along/?utm_source=News%40Northeastern&utm_campaign=6bd776b1fd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_08_12_44&utm_medium=email&utm
- Reimer, E. (March 2020). Boston researcher teaches parents how to manage sibling conflict. WCVB-TV https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-researcher-teaches-parents-how-to-manage-sibling-conflict/31743330, Boston.
- Pearson, C. (March 10, 2020). The secret to raising kids who actually get along: Researchers at Northeastern University have finally cracked the code. Huffington Post https://www.huffpost.com/entry/raising-kids-who-actually-get-along_l_5e679fc6c5b60557280bf182
- Lewis, K. (March 1, 2020). How to raise siblings who get along. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/well/family/how-to-raise-siblings-who-get-along.html?searchResultPosition=3, p. A3.
- Sawari, K. (February 21, 2020). Help your children get along (while keeping your own sanity). News@Northeastern https://news.northeastern.edu/2020/02/21/help-your-children-get-along-while-keeping-your-own-sanity-intact/
- Lewis, K. (February 20, 2020). How to raise siblings who get along. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/well/family/how-to-raise-siblings-who-get-along.html?searchResultPosition=3
- Jacobson, M. (January 22, 2020). What to do when your kids won’t stop fighting: Age-by-age solutions for promoting peace between siblings. ParentMap https://www.parentmap.com/article/siblings-kids-fighting-solutions
- Murphy, J. (Sept. 9, 2019). How Shaquem Griffin works to stay in the NFL with one hand. Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-shaquem-griffin-works-to-stay-in-the-nfl-with-one-hand-11567947301?ns=prod/accounts-wsj
- Calechman, S. (June 11, 2019). How to teach siblings to resolve their own arguments. Great Good Magazine https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_teach_siblings_to_resolve_their_own_arguments
- Lacey, A. (April 15, 2019). Sibling Rivalry. Parentland https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076b87c BBC Podcast Series.
- Adams, H. (February 25, 2019). Sibling relationships change as you get older—and that’s good. Rewire https://www.rewire.org/love/sibling-relationships-change-older-good/
- Krisch, J. A. (January 23, 2019). Brother, sister, rival, friend: How siblings shape each other’s lives. Fatherly https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/siblings-how-having-a-brother-sister-changes-kids/
- Glembocki, V. (December 2018). How to stop sibling rivalry. Parents https://www.parents.com/parenting/dynamics/sibling-rivalry/how-to-stop-sibling-rivalry/
- Medical XPress: As Siblings Learn how to Resolve Conflict, Parents Pick up a Few Tips of their Own, June 25, 2015. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-siblings-conflict-parents.html
- PsychCentral: Parents can Learn From Watching Kids Work it Out by Rick Nauert, June 29, 2015 http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/06/29/mothers-learn-from-watching-kids-work-it-out/86227.html
- Wall Street Journal: More Parents Vacation with One Child at A Time and Leave the Siblings Home, Aug. 12, 2015. http://www.wsj.com/articles/more-parents-vacation-with-one-child-at-a-time-and-leave-the-siblings-home-1439400671
- Connections.Mic. You Actually Owe all your Relationship Success to your Siblings, by Kate Hakala, March 30, 2015. http://mic.com/articles/113952/why-you-actually-owe-all-your-relationship-success-to-your-siblings#.sgN8VfTHv
- Psychology Today: Why Siblings Sever Ties by Sara Eckel. March 9, 2015 https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201503/why-siblings-sever-ties
- New York Times: My brother’s bunkmate by Michael Tortorello, February 5, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/garden/my-brothers-bunkmate.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
- Scholastic.com: How to Avoid Sibling Rivalry by Cara Birnbaum, May 2014. http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/parent-child/how-to-avoid-sibling-rivalry
- Parade Magazine: The Science of Siblings by Francine Russo, June 22 2013. http://parade.com/23970/francinerusso/the-science-of-siblings/
- Safe Space Radio: Sibling ambivalence, February 1, 2012. http://safespaceradio.com/2012/02/sibling-ambivalence/
- The Sibling Effect by Jeffrey Kluger (New York: Riverhead Books, 2011).
- Vision: Insights and New Horizons: Brothers and Sisters, Unite! An interview with Laurie Kramer, Spring 2011. https://www.vision.org/visionmedia/laurie-kramer-interview/sibling-relationships/44340.aspx
- Vision: Insights and New Horizons: My brothers’ keeper: From sibling violence to brotherly love, Spring 2011. https://www.vision.org/visionmedia/family-relationships-sibling-rivalry/44341.aspx
- EurekAlert: Siblings play formative, influential role as ‘agents of socialization,’ January 15, 2010. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/uoia-spf011510.php
- Futurity: Siblings teach us a thing or two by Phil Cicora, January 18, 2010. http://www.futurity.org/siblings-teach-each-other-a-thing-or-two/
- NurtureShock: New thinking about children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman (2009). New York: Twelve. {Chapter 6, “The Sibling Effect” is devoted to Dr. Kramer’s research on sibling relationships}
- Good Morning America: The New Science of Siblings by Po Bronson. August 31, 2009 ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/story?id=8449624
- U.S. News & World Report: 7 Ways Your Siblings May Have Shaped You, 2009 http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/living-well-usn/2009/07/31/7-ways-your-siblings-may-have-shaped-you.html
- ACES News: In U of I Study, Kids Learn to Handle Emotional Responses to Siblings, 2-23-2009, http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news4677.html
- Time: The New Science of Siblings: How your siblings make you who you are, by Jeffrey Kluger, July 10, 2006, 46-55 [cover story]. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1209949,00.html
- New York Times: In Sisters, Love and an Urge to Break her Neck. (Tara-Parker-Pope, March 2008)
- New York Times: Vital Signs: Behavior, When Siblings Fight, Parents Shrug (Alisha Berger, February 1999) http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/23/health/vital-signs-behavior-when-siblings-fight-parents-shrug.html?scp=2&sq=laurie%20kramer&st=cse
Dr. Kramer has also been featured in:
- Oprah Magazine
- Slate.com
- USA Today
- New York Times
- Newsweek
- WCIA News: Parenting Expert
- Parents’ Magazine
- Parenting
- Working Mothers Magazine
- Discovery News
- Life at Age Five (UK Documentary)
- Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)
- Psychology Magazine (the Netherlands)
- Press Association (UK)
- The Takeaway (NPR)
- The Today Show