Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I noticed that when my daughter was born, my son really, really liked her. But then as she started getting older, and as she started crawling around our house and touching different things that were his, sibling rivalry issues started appearing.
I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.
I couldn't really relate much to my younger sister, because she was born in 1992, and I was born in 1986. And then my older sister, we just didn't get on that much. Although we bonded over hating our stepdad.
We all have competitive relationships with our siblings.
I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.
My parents are very competitive, so we are very competitive as kids. But it's a good kind of competition; it's not a jealousy. You always want to do your best, and if it can't be you, you want it to be your brother or your sister, you know what I mean?
My mother and father didn't love each other, so they were always fighting.
I was the eldest child, so I know how it feels to have attention shared with a sibling.
I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.
For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.