The Upside of Our Parents' Divorce

Published: July 14, 2021, 8 p.m.

b'What\\u2019s the secret to sibling success? Apparently, an ugly divorce. At least, that\\u2019s how it went down for Ellen Umansky and her two brothers. Ellen\\u2019s parents separated when she was 9. \\u201cThey loved us deeply, but there were battles to be won \\u2014 emotional, reputational, financial,\\u201d Ellen wrote in her Modern Love essay.\\n\\nAs Ellen and her brothers were flung into a new reality of parental feuds and convoluted calendar arrangements, her brothers became her \\u201cone constant and comfort.\\u201d Today\\u2019s episode is about \\u201cTeam Umansky,\\u201d as Ellen\\u2019s husband calls them, a unit that has stuck together from adolescence through adulthood.'