Quarantine has contributed to changing the details of our day and our lifestyle. It compels us to create new ways of communicating within the marital and family relationships between parents and children as well as between siblings.
For this reason, on the occasion of the Brotherhood Day, which was celebrated this Friday, April 10, the Children's Villages Organization (SOS) issued a guide that includes practical advice to help families foster good coexistence between brothers, and reduce discounts and discussions between them, which may emerge During quarantine.
The Spanish newspaper "ABC" said in its report that the organization of direct care for children explains that the quality of relations between siblings depends on several factors such as gender, age group, jealousy, the personality of each of them, the position they occupy in the family, and the way their parents treat them. Also.
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Emotional stress
"The quality of siblings interacting with one another is closely related to the quality of the relationship that parents or their carers give them," says Maria Salamanca, director of the family's organization in Madrid, a psychiatrist.
The newspaper pointed out that the published guide describes how the emotional stress - which we suffer from due to quarantine - double the possibility of new problems or fraternal discussions, and can cause jealousy, and the conflict between brothers increases in order to gain the attention of parents or caregivers, and if this situation lasts long , It may lead to more destructive behaviors. "
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To avoid the negative effects on brotherly relations, "Children's Villages" make the following recommendations for mothers and fathers, and they can be used at the time of the quarantine and beyond:
1- Give sibs time and space to participate without adults.
2- Conflicts are rooted in the fraternal relationship; be a mediator and keep calm.
3- Avoid sibling comparisons.
4- Show them that you love them, and that they are all special.
5- Spend the same time and give the same attention to each one of them.
6- Promote means of dialogue, communication and listening between them.
7 - Teach them to accept the difference in terms of respect and tolerance.
8- Help them create an atmosphere of cooperation between the brothers.
9- "Laugh together", as humor is necessary to deal with difficult situations.
| Emotional closeness during a pandemic may encourage the emergence of positive behaviors and the establishment of closer relationships between them (Getty Images) |
Emotional rapprochement
The newspaper pointed out that the organization confirms that the emotional rapprochement that we adhere to these days can not only provoke competition or tensions, but may encourage the creation of more sympathy between brothers, the emergence of positive behaviors, and the establishment of closer relations between them.
This is confirmed by Maria Salamanca, saying, "The crisis situation we are living in can be a great opportunity to enhance coexistence and strengthen family and fraternal unity; let us benefit from that."
Brothers, life partners
The concept of brothers plays a major role in the development of the child, as the participation of the family, the shared history, and the experiences of life itself make the existing bond between them unique, and fraternity relations are often the longest in our lives.
Under bad conditions, instability or prolonged stress, such as a child's separation from his parents, these relationships are strengthened and the bonding becomes stronger.
It should be noted that the celebration of Brotherhood Day began in 1998 in the United States of America, with the aim of praising the relations between the brothers.
Since then, other countries have joined this celebration, and these countries are working to make this day internationally recognized.