The Powerful Ways Siblings Influence Success w/ Susan Dominus

Raising Good Humans

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In this episode, I’m joined by journalist and author Susan Dominus for a deep dive into the science of temperament, sibling relationships, and what high-achieving families can teach us about raising children. We talk about how two kids raised in the same home can turn out completely different, the limits of parenting, and why temperament may be more hardwired than we think. We also explore how purpose, family culture, and sibling dynamics can shape long-term outcomes—and why letting go of control might be the most powerful parenting tool we have.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:10.2	Susan Dominus wrote the family dynamic, a journey into the mystery of family and sibling success.
0:18.2	And it's such a cool conversation. I'm so excited to share this with you. Hello, I'm
0:25.6	Dr. Elisa Pressman and welcome to Raising Good Humans podcast. Have you ever thought about why some
0:32.8	families have successful children and what the measure of success is and what it is about certain siblings
0:40.3	and what's going on in those households.
0:43.2	Well, Susan Domino's has explored all of this and is breaking it down for us.
0:48.5	If you enjoy this episode, please make sure to write a little review and give it a five-star rating
0:53.8	so that we get more of Raising Good Humans podcast out into the world.
0:58.9	As always, you can find me on Instagram and on Substack, Dr. Elisa Pressman.substack.com.
1:06.6	I can't wait to dive into this conversation.
1:09.4	As mother of fraternal twins, I think it's very humbling.
1:12.2	You really do see the limits of your parenting because you feed them the same way.
1:15.8	You read the same books to them every day.
1:18.0	You have the same, you know, like rewards charts on the refrigerator for them.
1:22.3	And you were the same pajamas.
1:23.8	I mean, I can't tell you how similar their upbringing was.
1:27.1	And one of them is, you know,
1:29.4	the social chair of his fraternity at the University of Wisconsin. And the other one goes to this
1:35.1	tiny little school in Santa Fe called St. John's College, which is a great books program where they
1:40.3	literally sit and read Aristotle in like a hard copy book and then talk about it in seminar.
1:45.4	You know, so very different human beings.
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