Unraveling Sibling Success with Susan Dominus

The Holderness Family Podcast

Kim Holderness

Kids & Family, The Holderness Family, Humor, 50s, Laugh Lines, Aging, Education, The Laugh Line, Kim Holderness, Penn Holderness, Getting Older, Holderness Podcast, 40s, Gen X, Self-improvement, Laugh Line, Relationships, Family, Marriage, Familyfriendly, Comedy, 950823, Marriagecounseling, Holderness, Youtube, Raisingchildren, Christmasjammies, Parenting, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

I've always been fascinated by how birth order shapes family dynamics, especially as we navigate this season of parenting. Penn and I are very aware that we don’t have many more years “on the record” with our kids. Have we done enough to help them become their best selves? This week, we’re chatting with Susan Dominus, an award-winning writer for The New York Times and a journalism professor at Yale. Her new book, The Family Dynamic, is all about what makes exceptional families tick—and since she couldn’t find a book that explored this, she spent years writing it herself! It’s available for pre-order now and comes out May 6th. We dig into what sets thriving families apart, what we can learn from them, and how to help our own kids succeed. Plus, we wrap up with another hilarious Top 5 list from Penn.

Check out The Family Dynamic and pre-order here: https://amzn.to/4c1tAPo

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Kim and Penn are award-winning content creators known for their online videos, including original music, song parodies, and comedy sketches. Their videos have resulted in over 2 billion views and 9 million followers across their social media platforms since they (accidentally) went viral in 2013. They have a New York Times bestselling book on ADHD, best-selling book on marriage communication, a top-rated podcast, a fun-filled family card game, and most recently, they were the winners on Season 33 of The Amazing Race.

The Holderness Family Podcast is produced by Ann Marie Taepke and edited and engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media and Sam Allen.

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