Sibling support is unconditional and for life and beyond !!

Yesterday early morning at 5 AM I was heart broken to see my daughter with tears. I gave myself 2 minutes to figure out and understand but none strike. Woke my wife to speak with her in private and listening to my wife, I too immediately burst in to tears when I heard that she is emotional missing her brother who is at Bangalore doing his graduation.

On one hand I was so proud to see my daughter being as emotional like me (We all have it seems inherited it from my father) and on the other hand was amused with the power of sibling bonding. Until recently I always used to think differently seeing their fighting spirit and it were those exceptional days when my wife and myself didn't had to intervene to distance themselves from literally fistfight and now it appeared so much a different avatar in last one year since my son has been staying in hostel and meeting us only after 3-4 months for few days.

Sibling bonding is a force to reckon with, its immense support and a person in whom you can confide for anything and everything.

Parents have great responsibility in nurturing this bond. We shouldn't be the ones usually getting involved in their day to day affairs including in extremes of taking sides when they fight. Its best left to them to sort it out and trust they will come out stronger and more invested in each other for life.

PS: I have played being dumb for not understanding to their tricks when they notoriously gang up together forcing us to go out for dinner with no reason and when one tells me lie that I promised and other tries to make it appear that how easy it is for me to forget after making promise, while there was no promise at all. In my heart I know that there will be a day when I will cry to become fool but their priorities would have changed and they wont be there to fool me for as simple thing like dinner out with family -:( There go my tears again writing this last line.