Sibling caretaking can alleviate families’ childcare demands and promote children’s positive development, but it can also be a risk factor for sibling aggression and abuse.

Fair treatment among siblings is vital for a healthy family relationship. Imagine parents who pay for every child to go to college except for one. If you were that one child, would you be upset at ...

Last night at dinner I was asking my dad about what happened there and he said basically that his parents had made him ...

Imagine being the youngest child in your family, and all of your older siblings are your half siblings which were all from your parents’ prior relationships. If these half siblings didn’t treat you ...

Sibling conflicts over the care of elderly parents are quite common, along with disputes over estates and inheritance. Whether it’s disagreements on how much effort a sibling contributes, financial ...

Parents can prepare an older child for a new baby by involving them early in the pregnancy. Sibling classes can teach older children how to safely interact with and hold a newborn. Second-time parents ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. For many parents, the idea of ...

Research from recent decades shows that versions of Kara’s experience are common for less favored siblings. In childhood, ...