What makes a sisters

Not only does it offer two closets or more to choose from when you're growing up, but as it turns out, having a sister is beneficial to both your physical and mental health , too. Multiple studies have found that having a sister has a positive effect on all siblings. They bring something to families that brothers alone don't seem to, and make for happy children who grow into happy adults.

Here are eight, scientifically-proven reasons why. Now please, for the love of all that is holy, give me back that sweater you borrowed. A study found that people with sisters are generally nicer and more giving , even if they do bicker with them.

The study examined families with more than one child, one of whom had to be between the ages of 10 and The adolescent was given a series of questions regarding their sibling who was closest in age to them, and their answers were videotaped. The following year, the adolescents were asked the same questions and were recorded again. Researchers found it that it was sisters who had the biggest impact on the adolescents when it came to how kind they were.

Regardless of whether she is older or younger, a sister has a far stronger influence than parents on a person's mental well-being. For Robinson, head coach at Oregon State University, a close relationship with his only sibling Michelle, two years younger, included sharing a bedroom separated by a divider. Not only his roommate but his confidante, Miche, as he calls her, was upset that their parents smoked and once conspired with him to destroy every cigarette in the house.

Nancy Brinker and her sister Suzie, three years older, grew up as best friends. When she was grounded, I was the hostage negotiator. When she exceeded her curfew, I was the peace envoy. When Suzie died, my life's work was born," said Brinker, founder of Susan G.

Komen for the Cure. The study showed that brothers have benefits, too, as long as the relationship is more loving than combative. In fact, the link between sibling affection and good deeds is twice as strong as the link between parental love and good deeds.

The study, in Seattle, Wash. The adolescent child responded to a questionnaire and was videotaped while answering questions about a sibling closest in age. The process was repeated one year later. But, if you're really fortunate, you grew up with a sister. While the bond between all siblings is strong , the strongest bond of all may be the one between two sisters, according to several scientific studies. In , Brigham Young University conducted a study of families and found that having a sister positively influenced a young person's life.

As the study noted, having a sister helped the other sibling feel less lonely, guilty, fearful, and self-conscious throughout their youth. It also did not matter if the sister was younger or older, or how far apart the siblings were in age.

This could be because siblings — sisters or otherwise — are the people we likely know the longest in our lives and are the ones by our side through thick and thin and for every life lesson in between. They teach us how to resolve conflicts and how not to; how to conduct friendships and when to walk away from them.