When and why childhood sibling rivalry continues into adulthood

by Kathy H

Sometimes poor communication skills and slacking on the part of the parents can cause sibling rivalry. Many times parents say that this is just a phase, and kids are just like that, and let them work it out themselves. The...read more

by Nikolas Nies

Sibling rivalry exists because of envy for the attention that a sibling gets from a parent. All siblings experience it as children and it is a responsibility of the parent to discourage it. If a parent does not address t...read more

by NavyWife8511

You may ask, "Why DOES sibling rivalry seem to never end?" It is an unproven fact that siblings will always have something to argue about. When you are children, you argue about the minuscule things. When you ...read more

by Nisha Danny

Sibling rivalry can be a problem among many siblings.It continues to adulthood as things learned young becomes difficult to depart in later life.Here are some things parents can do to avoid it and its continuation to adult...read more

by Angela Barrington

I believe that it is not always true that sibling rivalry stems from childhood and continues to adulthood. I am and have been the eldest sibling of four children. (There's 3 of us girls and a "baby brother") You see, our p...read more

by Shenni Bubb

Sibling rivalry is all par for the course, yet..if taken into childhood, there is indeed a problem. Perhaps the parents, or one, doted on one child a little more than the other. Now we are all out to impress in one way ...read more

by Ann Church

Let's face it there is always a memory of something your brother or sister did that you still have a hard time stomaching even today when you are all grown up. You cannot forget it and you have to succumb to those family e...read more

by Gwena Hargrove

I just wish I could have sibling rivarly.....There is an alarming amout of issues with sibling's. Which will only bring about more problems for the (Family). So I have learned the hard way I must say. Having been the littl...read more

by Lorenzo White

If you're wondering why you and your younger sibling aways fought or got into trouble for quarreling. The first that pops into my head is "the parent". Parents tend to pick favorites and over time it shows that care more f...read more

by Paul Lines

I come from a large family. Thus on the question of sibling rivalry I can talk from experience. I spent my childhood with five brothers and one sister (not to mention the twenty or so dogs) There are issues of rivalry that...read more

by Ryan Moriarty

this is my story on me and my sibling it shows why siblings fight and how it can continue if it dose not stop in childhood Siblings and Me. I only have one and we are bitter enemies. His name is Patrick Moriarty and h...read more

by Chris C

Being the middle child of three, I fully understand how sibling rivalry functions in a family and how it continues into adulthood. In my case, it was made all the more difficult due to the fact that the two older kids wer...read more

by Trish Anderson

Sibling rivalry lasts until the last breath of all siblings has been breathed. Childhood shapes adulthood. Memories of events, situations, favouritism of parents, who gets what when how and why, rarely fade. Most proble...read more

by Valarie Topp

Childhood sibling rivalry continues into adulthood, because the parents or parent of the siblings failed to deal with the problem when the siblings were growing up. I grew up with five brothers, and four sisters, and ther...read more

by Prachi Jain

Sibling Rivalry has been around since the beginning of Mankind.(Everybody knows the story of Cain and Abel)and it will always be there, it is as normal as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west and let us also...read more

by Kristin Arnold

Sibling rivalry sees no age, it will continue until death. Some siblings grow up with no rivalry, while others compete with each over eveything. There are different reasons for this, some has to do with the parents. I'm no...read more