Sibling rivalry and abuse is a serious issue, with over 53% of children ages 3 to 17 having committed severe violence against their siblings. Sibling rivalry can escalate into abuse, which includes psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. If left unaddressed, abuse between siblings may even lead to extreme outcomes like siblicide. Common causes of escalating rivalry include siblings vying for parental attention or parents inappropriately comparing their children. To help prevent abuse, parents should praise cooperative behavior between children, avoid comparisons, not take sides in disputes, and intervene if conflicts become too heated.

1. Richard’s Situation

2. Daniel’s Situation

3. SIBLING RIVALRY
By Fhatin Amelia Bt Musa
Negative aspects of relationships between brothers
and sisters and may include jealousy, competitions,
physical and verbal fighting (University of Michigan
Health System, 2011).
What? Why? How?
Antagonism between brothers and sisters
May come across into a form of bullying
that leads into violence known as SIBLING ABUSE !

4. 53% of children ages 3 to 17 years old have committed severe
violence against brother and sister (Wiehe, 1998)
1.5% from 75 killings in USA are reported to be sibling killings
(Dawson & Langan, 1994)
In 2014, Illinois, a young 14 years old girl killed her sister
because she felt unappreciated (CNN.com,2014).
SIBLING RIVALRY
INTO SIBLING
ABUSE Can be categorised into 3 :
Psychological abuse
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
May lead to ‘siblicide’

5. WHY IS IT HAPPENING ???
Trying to get attention
(Zolten &Long,2006)
Parents comparing
their children

6. HOW TO AVOID ???
Praise getting- along behaviour
Do not compare
Do not get involved
Step in when things gone bad

7. SIBLING RIVALRY IS A FACT OF LIFE