From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
This is The Daily.
Much of our understanding of what makes us who we are revolves around the role of our parents.
Today, my colleague Susan Dominus on the unseen.
but surprisingly powerful ways that our lives are shaped by our siblings.
It's Tuesday, May 13th.
Hi, Sue.
Hi, Michael.
It is really nice to see you.
It's so nice to see you, too.
I want to jump in,
and I want to have you tell the story of how it is you became so interested in the subject of siblings.
So I think it started when I was a young child,
and my parents used to go away pretty often and travel for work.
And when they did, I would stay with really close family friends.
And you may know that when you stay with a family,
you really get to know them and their culture in a way that's different from your own family.
You can really see all these big differences.
In one family I stayed with, the kids would do these very elaborate math problems,
like at the table, you know.