The path to success is paved with... siblings?

NYT journalist, Susan Dominus, believes our parents' influence is less important than that of our siblings. The Family Dynamic, her new book, maps out why.

Apr 30, 2025

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Susan Dominus, on the right at age 16, with her siblings Andrew (22) and Ellen (17) in 1987, in the front yard of their family home in Harrison, NY. ©Jerome Dominus

When she was in high school, Susan Dominus’ brother Andrew “bullied” her—her choice of verb—into starting a school newspaper. Today she is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the New York…

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