erences when considering the sample size of the interview. The oldest brother dealt with role conflict by having to care for his younger brothers because his mother was not there as she had before the divorce. It made him more of a father figure and made him exhibit social control over his younger two brothers, which helped lower deviance and made him less as a peer to them and more as a enforcer. The middle brother felt like his social status changed, because other kids his age had married parents and he lived in a divorced family. However, he also felt closer to his father, which possible relates to his father being a middle child too. The oldest brother felt he was closer to his biological mother than his father, which possibly resulted from his dad not letting allowing him to complete certain tasks in his life. It made him consult his mothers' advise and direction about life issues without the fear of the pressure getting to the point or complete things her way. The research data conducted by Dr. Wallestein and CLASP suggests children in divorced or stepfamilies would have a more destructive, negative, and devastating life, but the interview of the two brothers did not seem to be any more stressful or damaging to the lives than a nuclear. Now, the oldest brother did struggle with self-confidence and the middle brother thought he had a short attention span. But, the brothers' struggles and issues were no different that what a nuclear family would struggle with multiple siblings, except the sibling rivalry between the stepsiblings and biological siblings. Overall the two brothers did not regard the way their lives turned out and actually thought they had a very loving family life compared to what other families have gone through with in dealing with being in a divorced and/or stepfamily situation. Works Cited...
