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What are the best things about having closely spaced siblings? What about farther apart? Siblings' closeness, amount of conflict, and relationships as adults are all affected by the age differences between them.\nIn this episode, the listeners with closely spaced children tell us why that has worked for them (constant playmates) and not (constant bickering), while those with kids with larger age differences point to the unexpected connections that can still result.\n\nHere are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:\n\nMichael Waters for The Atlantic: A Subtle Shift Shaking Up Sibling Relationships\n\n\nANALYZING CONTEMPORARY FERTILITY by Christine R. Schwartz et. al: Chapter 10: Trends in Years Spent as Mothers of Young Children: The Role of Completed Fertility, Birth Spacing, and Multiple Partner Fertility\n\n\nBart H. H. Golsteyn and C\xe9cile A. J. Magn\xe9e for the IZA Institute of Labor Economics: Does Birth Spacing Affect Personality?\n\n\nWorld Bank Group, "World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision:" Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - United States\n\n\nCicirelli, V. G. for Developmental Psychology. Effects of sibling structure and interaction on children's categorization style.\n\nSahar Borairi,\xa0et. al for the Society for Research in Child Development: "Do siblings influence one another? Unpacking processes that occur during sibling conflict"\n\n\nErping Xiao et. al for Early Child Development and Care: "The influence of birth order and sibling age gap on children\u2019s sharing decision"\n\n\nRead all of our listeners' great advice on the original thread in our Facebook group\n\nListen to our episode "Birth Order: Can We Fight It?"\n\n\n\nJoin our Facebook group for advice and laughs from other moms just like you! \n\nWhat Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can\u2019t wait to go back on the road!\xa0https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour\n\ufeff\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, siblings, brothers, sisters, sibling relationship, kids age gap, sibling age gap \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices