siblings
Siblings are the only enemy you can't live without.
How to Prevent Jealousy Between Brothers?
The jealousy between siblings is a natural occurrence and usually occurs when a new baby appears in the family. This emotion arises from the fear of losing the love of the parents and can last until adolescence, even adulthood if the parents do not take the necessary measures in time. Feelings of jealousy can lead to emotions such as envy and rivalry.
By Kristeen Bawler4 years ago in Families
The Floating Market
Sarai Bunchu ducked under the awning poles of a nearby artisan’s stand to avoid a tuk-tuk full of tourists careening down the crowded street. She adjusted her sarong and sighed. The air was thick with humidity and always seemed to have the faint smell of fish sauce wafting about in this part of the city. She hurried through the streets to the floating market. The streets narrowed as she approached and then opened up into a slender canal, choked with ruea hang yao, the long-tail canoes of the vendors, weighed down with fresh shellfish, squid, and fruits and vegetables of every variety.
By Spokeswoman Adventures4 years ago in Families
Funny, Talented, and Confident
We fought when we were little. Then we tolerated each other, but we kept our distance. Now we're friends. We have been for about ten years now. I still remember that family vacation in South Carolina where we finally said, "You know? I think we're friends now." It was when we started coming up with code names for family members while we were playing in the pool.
By Jessica Freeborn4 years ago in Families
To My Darling Little Sister
To my darling little sister, How are you? I hope you are well. I hope you are happy, laughing, and able to experience the most blissful future that we never had when we were children. You are me and I am you, but you know this already. You have known this for a long time now. However, you are also not me, you will never be me and thank the gods that it will be so. I remember, I remember so much... Too much even, and yet at some points of my life, of our lives that have been intertwined, I don't remember much at all, yet. Memory is a fickle thing, it comes and goes, but well, since I remember most things as of this moment, shall we start at the beginning?
By Just Daniel4 years ago in Families
I Was Jealous of the Attention My Parents’ Gave My Eldest Sister Until I Became a Mom
There are three of us: my eldest sister, my middle sister and me. The relationship I have with my eldest sister is like a snow globe; it stays dormant for most of the year but gets shaken up during the holidays.
By Katharine Chan4 years ago in Families
The Little Big Sister
Tessie may have been two years older than her sister Blake, but she was often treated as the baby of the family due to her autism. Her parents continued to give her toys into her high school years, her grandparents communicated in baby talk around her, and her aunt would often avoid talking to her. Even her own cousins were advised to treat her differently. The only person in the family who treated her as if she were her own age was Blake.
By Cat the Autist4 years ago in Families
Burnt Stew
Burnt Stew In an instant the crimson vase involuntarily hit the wall, thrown by enraged, red-haired 18-year-old Chelle. “I am not going to court tomorrow to testify against dad. The prosecution wants me to say things that will keep dad in jail”, she yelled at her older brother Liam as she hurriedly stuffed belongings into her small, worn suitcase covered with tattered stickers: ‘ABBA’, ‘Hell is Here’, ‘Be Kind’, and ‘Don’t Judge’ were but a few.
By Brent Rourk4 years ago in Families
My Big Brother
This story starts like any other. It starts with a girl with a great passion and fire. It ends with a girl who just completed her lifelong dream. Would you like to know what happened to this girl? Well, let's start from the very beginning. There was a baby born in the woods. Her mother and father named her Skyler because of the sky and the beauty it held. They all lived happily in a small hut in the woods. Skyler also had a big brother named Miles. Miles and Skyler ran through the woods, over the logs and under the branches through the breezy air. It always felt so magical soaring through the sky when they jumped into the pond. Skyler and Miles always had the funnest of times playing fighting with wooden swords and jumping from log to log. In the Summer sometimes they would even make a log bridge across the pond and balance across it. Skyler always thought it was amazing and so much fun, but after they got older, they stopped doing all those things. Miles had his own friends in the town and afterall, they were boys and they were mostly all his age. Skyler was at least 3 years away from him. One day, while the parents were all sitting around the fire inside, Skyler overheard them talking about sending Miles to the boarding school in the big cities. She ran to her room and shut the door so quickly you could hear it from outside. The little girl slid her back against the door and slowly slid down. Skyler folded her arms over her knees and put her head softly down as she cried. After about 5 minutes of deeply sobbing, she heard knocking on the door.
By Becca Glover4 years ago in Families
