Sibling Rivalry In Children

"I did not slap you, I simply high-fived your face" (The Story So Far). Worldwide sibling rivalry has been most common in households of one or more children. It is the simple act of jealousy, competition and fighting between siblings of blood relation most likely (Laule). Children are a main essence in family life, but unfortunately, they can become the stimulating destructive force within the family as competition between siblings begin to become more evident. Kids' relationships can eventually develop into close, strong bonds as time goes by.
With more than one child in the house there are always life lessons about sharing, confidence, loving, cooperating, and even being friends with one another. As a single parent there must be guidance …show more content…
Children rather close in age are more likely to rival over not only attention for parent(s), but also for the shining spot of being the golden child; having better grades or more toys. Same age children tend to have same interest but have diverse ways in having to share a lot of items growing up which is not all too fun. Distant age siblings usually are the older sibling fighting for the attention over the younger sibling and sometimes vice versa because parents tend to have their attention on the older sibling to cause no fuss but that doesn’t entirely work sometimes. "My older sister and I are distant in age and for the longest we had our rivals growing up because she would always try to do things with our parents without me which was a little depressing. Now that she is long gone about to get married, I am now the only child in the house and it has never been better" (Makenna Lewis). There is brother versus brother competition where it is most likely to be more physical than sister versus sister competition which will be more consistent arguments than fights usually. On the other hand, brother versus sister is usually the older sibling in this combination is obviously going to be jealous of the youngest like any other sibling combination, but in this case with it being the opposite gender there is a bigger ordeal of jealousy. “I am the baby boy of my family and …show more content…
Going through sibling rivalry with any position is a pain to reckon with. As the kids begin to age, surely, they will realize that their siblings are possibly the most annoying but also that one person they cannot live without no matter what. “I might fight with my siblings, but once you lay a finger on them you will be facing me”