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Siblings – Part 3

Sibling relationships are, well, complex.  Our siblings can be our best friends, confidants, rivals or pain in the necks and often all at once.  You add the dimension of a sibling with a disability and the relationships become even more complex.  However, one of the questions most asked at our seminars, pertains to siblings.  So, to write this series, we asked our grown children (Emily -29, Albert – 25) to give us their insights.  In the past two blogs, we’ve shared the blessings and struggles that siblings have growing up [...]

By |2018-12-13T22:18:01-05:00December 13th, 2018|family life, General, siblings|Comments Off on Siblings – Part 3
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Siblings – Part 2

Last week we wrote about the impact that having a sibling with special needs (SSN) has on our typically developing (TD)children.  To write this week’s blog, we asked our TD children for their input. We asked them a few questions and we’d like to share their responses.  Every child and every family are unique and certainly, their experiences are not necessarily the same as your TD children; but I think the responses are interesting and hopefully it might generate some discussion with your kids.  Because both Emily (age 29) and [...]

By |2018-12-09T09:19:05-05:00December 9th, 2018|family, family life, General, Harder, siblings|Comments Off on Siblings – Part 2
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Siblings – Part 1

Often when we give our marriage seminars, someone asks a question about siblings: “Would they be resentful of all of the extra time we devote to our child with special needs?’, “How much responsibility for their sibling with special needs should we place on them?”, “How do we find balance in our families?” This concern weighs heavily on parents; we know it did for us.  Each family and every sibling are different, but as our “typically developing (TD)” children are now adults (Emily is 29, Albert is 25), we’ve had [...]

By |2018-11-29T15:45:38-05:00November 29th, 2018|family, family life, General, siblings|1 Comment
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