Much like the main characters in the movie franchise, sisters can often be very different — but Frozen’s tale of redemptive love can help siblings to value that sisterly bond, says Marjorie Brennan. Rather than the usual romance-centred fairytale, it was instead a tale of the redemptive love between sisters. But what also resonated was the realistic modelling of the often ambivalent sisterly relationship, which can veer from hugs and kisses to tears and tantrums in the blink of an eye. Keating says she commonly sees issues surrounding the sibling relationship in her practice and in her book The Secret Lives of Adults, she devotes a chapter to the subject. “Where parents are both engaged and adopt authoritative, emotionally-aware parenting styles, children will thrive — whether in combinations of boys, girls, mixed, or only-child.

Source: Irish Examiner November 08, 2019 13:43 UTC