Laurie Kramer

Psychologists suggest that sibling rivalry and attention-seeking behaviors are common as children navigate their roles within the family. Laurie Kramer, a professor at Northeastern University, notes that siblings between ages 4 and 8 can have up to eight fights an hour. 

There isn’t necessarily a downside to picking an original name that rolls off the tongue, is easy to remember, and has no negative associations to date. But importantly, Laurie Kramer, PhD, a Northeastern University professor of applied psychology, reminds parents, “Names have meanings.”

Laurie Kramer, a clinical psychologist and former director of the university honors program at Northeastern University in Boston, would not comment directly on the mental health of the former president for ethical reasons.

“Kids can experience a little apprehension,” says Laurie Kramer, professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University. “It’s good.”

New parents are often highly motivated to anticipate and meet every whim of their firstborn, explains Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology and the principal investigator of the Sibling Research Group at Northeastern University. 

While it’s not a clinical diagnosis, Dr Laurie Kramer, Professor of Applied Psychology at Northeastern University, researches sibling relationships and says explicitly or implicitly, older daughters are frequently given more caregiving responsibilities at home – which continue into adulthood, when they will often co-ordinate family get togethers or care of elderly parents.

“I can imagine that for some women,  walking into Disney — a place where things seem to be under control and predictable — gives a sense of hope,”  Laurie Kramer, a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University, tells TODAY.com.