Help your children build lifelong sibling bonds. Navigate rivalry, encourage cooperation, and create an environment where brothers and sisters become friends.
Sibling relationships are often the longest-lasting of our lives. The dynamic children develop with their brothers and sisters—rivalry or cooperation, conflict or friendship—shapes social development and creates patterns that persist into adulthood.
Parents significantly influence how siblings relate to each other.
We cover reducing sibling rivalry, fostering cooperation and friendship, handling conflicts fairly, avoiding comparison, and helping children with significant age gaps connect.
Siblings don't automatically become friends—but with guidance, they can develop relationships that support them throughout life.
About four million babies are born in the United States every year. That means millions of older siblings are also navigating one of childhood's biggest shake-u...
The relationship between siblings is unique. It starts early and often lasts longer than any other bond in life. Brothers and sisters share genes, family histor...