Here's How To Put An End To A Sibling Rivalry Once And For All
Huff PostJames Devaney /Max Mumby/Indigo /Getty Images Kim and Kourtney Kardashian and princes William and Harry are high-profile examples of people with sibling rivalries. Fern Schumer Chapman, the author of “Brothers, Sisters, Strangers: Sibling Estrangement and the Road to Reconciliation,” thinks it’s natural for sibling relationships to wax and wane throughout the course of a life. “As therapist Karen Gail Lewis said, the early sibling relationship really is ‘a laboratory for all subsequent relationships,’” Schumer Chapman added. “So, that’s why sibling rivalry can occur even in the context of good parents.” filmstudio via Getty Images Sibling rivalries can happen naturally, but some parents do a lot to perpetuate arguments and set up their children for long-standing sibling antagonism. “Then hopefully, both parties will take some type of responsibility to reaching that goal.” Carlina Teteris via Getty Images “Often, while hearing their sibling’s perspective, the siblings cry.