In the article “How your siblings affect your success according to science” by Dr. Jonathan Caspi, the author writes about how positive relationships are beneficial to the success of siblings. For instance, the author starts out by telling the reader a story about two brothers who are the opposite of each other. In the story talks about Mike Thompson who spends his time riding bikes. While, his older brother Ben Thompson spends his time seating on the front porch reading. The two brothers are all grown up now and are both success. Mike is a successful Wall Street executive while, Ben is a successful university professor. The author also includes five elements in which siblings affect our own success. Those five elements are genetics, environment,
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For example, the author states “the more we know about our sibling relationships and how they influence us, the better we can make informed life choices that promote success” (Caspi 2016, p.5). My siblings and I are not close in age but are we a close. My older sister is a nurse but didn’t want to become nurse she wanted to be pharmacist. At an early age my sister has influenced to be the person I am today. Since she wanted to be pharmacist I wanted to follow in her footsteps and go in to the medical field. Although, my sister is not a pharmacist she did go in to medical field as nurse and I am proud of her. One thing I hated and still do is being compared to my siblings and other people. In the article the author states “A recent study has reported that siblings who are frequently compared by parents have more anxiety about their economic success in adulthood” (Caspi 2016, p.5). I find this very true because whenever my dad would compare to my sister I would get mad. I would tell my dad to not compare me to another people because I am my own person I don’t want to strive to be someone I’m not meant to be. Research shows that the learning environment that are you living in matter. To demonstrate, let’s compare two students that go to the same high school but the difference is one goes home to loving parents that care for him/her while the other one goes home to parents who don’t care for him/her. Who is more likely to be successful? Rich or poor? What if I tell the second student studied his butt off went to college and now he a successful lawyer. Does environment really matter? Well, according to the author “it is clear that environment matters, but it alone does not tell the whole story either” (Caspi 2016, p.4). In summary, “take time to build positivity into your own and your siblings” (Caspi 2016,
For example, the author states “the more we know about our sibling relationships and how they influence us, the better we can make informed life choices that promote success” (Caspi 2016, p.5). My siblings and I are not close in age but are we a close. My older sister is a nurse but didn’t want to become nurse she wanted to be pharmacist. At an early age my sister has influenced to be the person I am today. Since she wanted to be pharmacist I wanted to follow in her footsteps and go in to the medical field. Although, my sister is not a pharmacist she did go in to medical field as nurse and I am proud of her. One thing I hated and still do is being compared to my siblings and other people. In the article the author states “A recent study has reported that siblings who are frequently compared by parents have more anxiety about their economic success in adulthood” (Caspi 2016, p.5). I find this very true because whenever my dad would compare to my sister I would get mad. I would tell my dad to not compare me to another people because I am my own person I don’t want to strive to be someone I’m not meant to be. Research shows that the learning environment that are you living in matter. To demonstrate, let’s compare two students that go to the same high school but the difference is one goes home to loving parents that care for him/her while the other one goes home to parents who don’t care for him/her. Who is more likely to be successful? Rich or poor? What if I tell the second student studied his butt off went to college and now he a successful lawyer. Does environment really matter? Well, according to the author “it is clear that environment matters, but it alone does not tell the whole story either” (Caspi 2016, p.4). In summary, “take time to build positivity into your own and your siblings” (Caspi 2016,