http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/sibling rivalry http://jezebel.com/tag/sibling rivalry Did you, like me, always feel that your parents were so much easier on your younger siblings than they were on you? Guess what: It's not just in your head. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that, indeed, parents are a waaaaay more strict with their older children than the younger siblings. Apparently, these academic-types have found a motherfucking mathematical formula with which they are able to show the ratios between severity of how older children were disciplined and the prevention of seeing "bad behavior" in younger children. So yeah: Don't hate your parents. It's science. [Science Daily]

]]> Jezebel-381109 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:20:00 EDT Jennifer http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=381109&view=rss&microfeed=true Daniel Huffman says his buddies asked him to run for mayor in Montezuma, Ohio, and he just couldn't refuse. The small problem with that plan? His sister, Charlotte Garman, told reporters that he never attended a single council meeting and doesn't really keep up on the issues facing Montezuma. She should know, I guess, since she's the current mayor. She spanked him last night, getting 43 votes to his 24 in her race for re-election (there are only 138 registered voters in town). Older siblings always kick ass! [Columbus Dispatch, CBS News]

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