Sibling Bonds: Why They Understand Each Other Better | Anxiety Specialist | @caroline-cavanagh

My daughter will often listen to my son in a way she won't listen to her dad, and similar, my son will listen to my daughter in a way that he won't listen to me. So I have often said, you know, I'm really worried about Eden, Nadia, can you give him a call and find out if he's okay? And she'll come back to me and go, yeah, he's fine, Mum. Or actually, no, he's not fine, but I've had a chat and we found a way through. Again, you don't need to be the sole person responsible for their happiness and their welfare. Because siblings, they live, they're exposed to the same social media, the same pressures that sometimes we weren't, because when we went to school it was very different. So they have a common understanding that can actually be better than our understanding at times. So don't be afraid to use siblings as part of your support network as well, because it can be really, really effective.