Science Proves Sisters are Way Better than Brothers?!
New research from the University of Ulster confirms that girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Tony Cassidy, the lead researcher on the project, found sisters make their siblings more optimistic and help families deal with problems in emotionally healthy ways. Families with at least one sister are more cohesive and communicate more often. Girls who grow up with a sister are more independent and achieve more than girls who have brothers. Cassidy surveyed 571 young adults between 17 and 25. He found that sisters have the most positive impact on broken families. Only children scored in the mid-range for happiness while boys who had only brothers were the least happy.
I sent an email to Jon and RJ, jokingly suggesting that they owe their happiness and success in life because they have me as their sister. RJ's response? "Screaming at me and then harboring a cry fest about your experiences with racism in grade school all cuz I was putting a match box car in the freezer sure helped me out in life."
Um, yeah. If I was just in the right emo kind of mood, that response would drive me to tears. I do remember yelling at RJ about trying to fix his broken Matchbox cars by wetting them down to freeze them, but I don't remember delivering a diatribe about my experiences with racism in grade school in the next breath. It's interesting what we take away from our childhood, isn't it?
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