Sibling Relationships

This list contains a variety of resources associated with sibling relationships for young children.

IEL Resources

• Tip Sheet: He’s Teasing Me!
• Tip Sheet: Helping Children Learn to Get Along
• Tip Sheet: Helping Siblings Get Along
• Tip Sheet: Kids Who Care

Web Resources

• What Is Sibling Rivalry?
  The Mott Children’s Hospital website includes the reasons for sibling rivalry as well as tips and resources that parents can use to teach siblings how to work through their conflicts.
• New Baby Sibling
  The Mott Children’s Hospital website discusses how to prepare an older child for the arrival of a new brother or sister.
• Understanding Sibling Rivalry
  This fact sheet provided by Ohio State University includes suggestions for parents on helping children learn to get along with brothers and sisters.
• Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
  Adjusting to a new sibling can be made a little easier when parents consider the older child in the transition. This resource provided by KidsHealth discusses steps that parents can take to help prepare a child for the arrival of a newborn.
• Sibling Rivalry
  This article from KidsHealth includes reasons that children fight and ways to help promote peace.
• Involving Siblings in Early Intervention
  Siblings are an important part of a child’s family and Early Intervention (EI) is a family-centered program. This one-page tip sheet created by the Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse, available in English and Spanish, provides strategies that can help families include siblings in EI visits.
• Siblings of Children with Chronic Illnesses or Disabilities
  Siblings are essential members in a family and need support adjusting to a child’s disability or illness. This resource by the American Academy of Pediatrics highlights signs of a child’s difficulty and provides suggestions for parents to support a child’s feelings about their sibling’s condition.