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Why Are Millennials So Obsessed With Their Nieces And Nephews?!

I don't know why I am obsessed with studies like this but I do find them to be kinda hilarious! Haha

Bella DePaulo, PhD, author of Singled Out, and academic affiliate at the University of California Santa Barbara. Relationship experts have long believed that relationships between aunts and uncles and their niblings (niblings is shorthand for nieces and nephews) tend to be less judgmental than those between parents and children. "A non-conforming kid can be a bit worrisome to a parent," Dr. DePaulo says. "To an aunt or uncle, maybe they are more likely to be a point of pride."

I agree. I feel like I can tell my aunts and uncle things that I wouldn't be able to tell my parents. It is a different type of bond. 

It looks like millennials really value individualism, and like to express uniqueness, they may have a special, nonjudgmental bond with their nieces and nephews, Dr. Depaulo says. But, besides being an open-minded ally for niblings, there are a few other reasons why millennials make great aunts and uncles.

Do you think millennials make GREAT aunts and uncles?!?




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