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b"For most people, their\\xa0siblings\\xa0will be the longest-lasting relationships of their lives, potentially enduring all the way from birth until past the death of their parents. \\n\\nMarked by both jealousy and conflict and love and loyalty,\\xa0siblings\\xa0are also some of our most complicated relationships. While a little over half of people describe their relationships with their\\xa0siblings\\xa0as positive, about one-fifth classify them as negative, and a quarter say their feelings about their\\xa0siblings\\xa0are decidedly mixed. \\n\\nHere to take us on a tour of the complex landscape of\\xa0sibling-dom is Geoffrey Greif, a professor of social work and the co-author of the bookAdult\\xa0Sibling Relationships. Today on the show, Geoffrey shares how our brothers and sisters shape us and how our relationship with our\\xa0siblings\\xa0changes as we move from childhood to old age. We discuss how the perception of parental favoritism affects the closeness of\\xa0siblings\\xa0and how a parent's relationship with their own\\xa0siblings\\xa0affects the relationship between their children. Geoffrey explains how most\\xa0sibling\\xa0relationships are marked by the three A's \\u2014 affection, ambiguity, and/or ambivalence \\u2014 and how the relationship can also become very distant or outright severed. We end our conversation with Geoffrey's advice on developing a good relationship between your children and reconnecting with your own\\xa0siblings."