siblings

There are several benefits of having siblings here are some of them:

Everyday, children with siblings learn to negotiate, or cooperate with another social being. Over time, siblings learn how to compete and what to expect from an opponent. The dynamics changes as they mature in age. This largely depends upon how the parents interact with the siblings as they learn from your behaviours and mimic your personality. Children loves to play pretend and some times naughtiness develops a ripple effect because of this as it only takes 1 to create mischief and the second will have a tendency to follow. However, this also speeds up the development of the younger siblings as they would have some one to constantly play and talk to them, be it scolding received from an elder sibling, the little ones have a tendency to be impatient and pushes themselves further to acheive a task that is way above their developmental milestones. I believe this was what happened to Nathan as he has the luxury of having his sister to coach him and talk to him. Likewise my own little sister has more or ample opportunities to tap on my experience when we were much younger amd thereby led to a her becoming more academically inclined! Haha having come to this conclusion, i played a key role in her being top of the class and school when we were in primary  to secondary school!!

First born children may teach younger siblings about things they did not know they knew. So its a whole new set of skills and opportunities for them to display their leadership skills. The natural leader will emerge among siblings and that individual most likely is the oldest sibling. Negotiating with multiple siblings will allow them to display their strengths and weaknesses. Natalie also learnt people management skills through negotiations and drawing territories on what's hers as she act as the teacher or the boss in the family. 

However, Multiple siblings must constantly compete for their parent’s attention and financial support. Parents who often have to educate multiple kids and enroll them in social activities find themselves in financial strain. Therefore, if there is a significant gap between kids, one sibling may have a completely different experience than the other. One kid may receive more parental attention than the other one did. One sibling may receive more material items than the other. We are trying to achieve a balance in these aspects and finds this difficult as some how aomething special must always be done or given to the eldest as she has experienced more alone time with us! And most certainly because of her age she is able to demand more and speak up when overlooked. Nat's favourite phrase when dad left hee alone was "no one takes care of me" or "daddy has left me alone" and pouts as she complains away.

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