INTRODUCTION
Siblings relationship is one of the world's lovely precious relationship. It is a beautiful gift from God. It plays an important role in one another's lives. Siblings spend more time with each other during childhood. There are many forms of sibling relationships in which friendship, jealousy, and arrogance are involved. Sibling relationships promote a good environment. Some siblings are aggressive and fight with each other.
SIBLING INFLUENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUSTMENT
It mainly focused on sibling relationships which influence one another`s development. They shape behavior and act as a role model. Families focused on sibling influence to teach discipline, human development and attention etc. The direct supervision of parents on sibling influence during childhood provides an opportunity to shape one another. The significance of child effect on parents in child development and family studies.
TYPES OF SIBLING RELATIONSHIP
There are three types of sibling relationship
1:- Traditional siblings relationship
2:- Half siblings relationship
3:- Step siblings relationship
How are sibling relationships important in child development?
● Fight between siblings relationship
● Negative bond
● Most intensive bond
● Long lasting relationship
● Sibling closeness
How do you promote a healthy sibling relationship?
1-Avoid showing favoritism.
2-Set time for family meetings.
3-Encourage healthy communication between siblings.
4-As children get older, encourage them to maintain a relationship or to do things together.
LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIP
Sibling relationships are one of the long–lasting relationships in an individual’s life. You’re stuck with your siblings. Siblings not only serve as companions in childhood but also as confidants, role models, and next to parent guidance, providing relationships. Well-being mood, health, morale, stress, depression, loneliness, life satisfaction are tied to how you feel about your brothers and sisters. All relationships are finished but the relationship between siblings never finishes.
EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP
A relationship partner serves as a source of emotional security. My siblings are my family tree. Sibling relationship quality and emotional competence are linked. It helps to understand how each sibling perceives his relationship as well as how each sibling is perceived by the other sibling. He regulates emotional expressiveness and experience when necessary and knowledge of his own and other’s emotions. If one sibling reports a high sibling relationship quality, and the other reports a low quality, and their emotional competencies are similar, there should be other factors considered, such as individual temperament.
SUPPORT, PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE
Support, guidance, and protection helps the children in development and growth. They provide support and guidance throughout a person’s childhood and adolescence. Positive sibling relationships were associated with many benefits related to social, emotional and health related development throughout childhood and adolescence. Positive sibling relationships could also determine depression, misdeeds, and other adversity.