SIBLING'S OVERLOAD; A Bond For Life

While recalling our childhood memories, we do often count on our siblings majorly for making it an absolute adventure. Getting old is a wholesome experience that is enriched by the presence of many people. With the passage of sharing parents, siblings do share common traits that could be behavioral, emotional, or physical.

Growing up with another product from the same parents is a journey itself full of emotions and memories. Siblings give us a sense of companionship and mostly deprive us of feeling lonely anytime. Having siblings do train us with the sense of having authority or a sense of having duty in the family by looking after your siblings.

Researches have stated that people who grow old with the company of siblings are emotionally reliant and have better mental health status in comparison to others. Young ones do often feel insecure and attention distracted with the arrival of siblings in their life as the people who used to adore the same child are dividing their affection and care for another child. Children cope with this distinct issue with the passage of time. Most teenagers do develop a sense of being ashamed when they become elder siblings followed by societal norms or peer impact. But on the same hand, teenagers definitely do develop a sense of responsibility with having siblings.

Do fights between siblings do affect their relationship bars? Fight between siblings is as natural as having food and breathing to live. Having a sibling bless us a fine sense of humor which we often use as a prop to defend us in arguments. Having a good sense of humor does make us resilient people. Fight on a healthy note with siblings is healthy as it helps children to vent out negative thoughts in one go and ahead got another chance to give a fresh start. Some researches have suggested that long-term sibling rivalry often consists of psychological and physical aggression which can lead the child to trauma, depression, anxiety, and anger in later life. Under certain severe circumstances, therapy and attention towards children help a lot. Fights based on ego clashes between siblings aren’t healthy at all and should be intervened if possible.

Parents with multiple children are always packed with duties, complaints, and issues. In the case of having multiple siblings, could lead up to the sense of feeling unwanted. Parent’s attention span is harshly divided in this case. Mostly children having multiple siblings do complain about attention issues from guardians. In the case of two children, it is quite easy for parents to give valid and standard amounts of attention, affection, and care to both the children which leads to less egocentrism-based clashes between siblings. In the case of 3 children, the middle child is often left with less attention, and the younger one is adored for being the youngest one and the elder one holds a specific attention ratio among all. In the case of more than three children, parents end up being mostly partial and giving preferences to selective children which impacts others in the group of siblings.

Here also exist a group of children who’re a single child and often end up in a need of having a sibling. Children do feel jealous when they encounter other children having a great time with their siblings. A single child is often pampered with proper affection and care from parents. A single child does lack a habit of sharing and compromising among a group. Even some single children do often find the transition of becoming an elder body difficult and develop a sense of childish fear about falling things apart. But with the passage of time and proper attention of parents can heal certain insecurities. Single children do own different luxurious privileges which is positive. Single children are tended to be self-reliant and less dependent on others.

Personally, talking about my personal experience with my sibling I’d say that we’re growing with the time passing by. I wasn’t really happy with the arrival of siblings in my life in the beginning but with the time I’ve learned why is it essential to have someone to grow up with. I being an elder authority is quite a motherly figure for him and we do fight but at the end of the day we end up sharing giggles, pranks, compliments, and many more, and I can least expect any different experience of others. It must be a golden chapter in our book called life. Siblings do hold the ability to make us responsible enough to lead a life. We often do develop a motherly or fatherly instinct for siblings.

Sibling does share millions of things, from genes to jeans.

Having a sibling does make us more expressive and open-minded to vent things out of our minds. We learn to express ourselves from the most vulnerable note to the most delightful one. so, I plea everyone who is going through this blog appreciate your siblings and express how grateful you’re for having them. Always try to keep them up on the remainder of priorities because they’re great listeners and advisors too.

The only remedy to cure any jumbling is to acknowledge the problem and contour it with appreciation and care.