{"id":6233,"date":"2022-03-24T17:05:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/parenting-tweets-sibling-rivalry\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T17:05:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:05:47","slug":"parenting-tweets-sibling-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/parenting-tweets-sibling-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"15 parents reveal the simple savage-ness of sibling rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One minute they love each other, the next they want to secretly dip their toothbrush into the toilet &mdash; such is the plight of siblings. They&rsquo;re the best of friends and the worst of enemies, but ultimately, they always love each other (regardless of whether or not they show it).<\/p><p>Whether you&rsquo;ve got two kids or five, if you&rsquo;re a parent of multiple kids, you get it. You see it. You live it. From secret arguments to fighting over a single piece of candy, here are 15 tweets from moms and dads that nail the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/siblings-fighting-how-to-handle-rivalry\/\">sibling relationship<\/a>. When it&rsquo;s good, it&rsquo;s great. But when it&rsquo;s bad, oh god, help us.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-seriously-what-is-the-obsession\">1. Seriously, what is the obsession?!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing ignites sibling rivalry quite like buttons on an elevator.<\/p>&mdash; Simon Holland (@simoncholland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simoncholland\/status\/646858857734668288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-sometimes-they-can-handle-it\">2. Sometimes they can handle it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 9yo just said to her little brothers, \"Why don't we just stop talking?\" and now I know she'll be a great mother someday.<\/p>&mdash; Meredith (@PerfectPending) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PerfectPending\/status\/725456199576068097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-other-times-it-s-the-classic-sudden-180\">3. Other times, it&rsquo;s the classic &lsquo;Sudden 180.&rsquo;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nobody has a better bedside manner than a kid who&rsquo;s trying to get their sibling they just punched to stop crying before their parents hear.<\/p>&mdash; Arianna Bradford (@thearibradford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thearibradford\/status\/1254154046979444736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-do-me-a-solid-please\">4. Do me a solid, please?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My parenting style can best be described as \"Go help your sister.\"<\/p>&mdash; Amy Flory (@FunnyIsFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FunnyIsFamily\/status\/668070557418700800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-so-much-blood-so-little-candy\">5. So much blood. So little candy.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don't understand why my husband has to pay for a UFC fight when he could just throw one piece of candy on the floor in front of our three kids.<\/p>&mdash; Sweet Momissa (@sweetmomissa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sweetmomissa\/status\/1218581068447653889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-when-you-find-yourself-in-the-mix\">6. When you find yourself in the mix.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;Stop arguing with your sister, she&rsquo;s THREE&rdquo; I yell, as my argument with a seven year old begins to heat up.<\/p>&mdash; Lurkin' Mom (@LurkAtHomeMom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LurkAtHomeMom\/status\/1123680059192221697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-there-s-nothing-that-won-t-ignite-an-argument\">7. There&rsquo;s nothing that won&rsquo;t ignite an argument.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/valeegrrl\/status\/662801890112049156<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-when-even-their-birth-order-annoys-them\">8. When even their birth order annoys them.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4-year-old: Why do I have to be the youngest?<br><br>Me: Your sisters were born first.<br><br>4: They cheated.<\/p>&mdash; James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XplodingUnicorn\/status\/1215405365501841408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-are-they-fighting-loving-who-even-knows\">9. Are they fighting? Loving? Who even knows?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listen, if you find your brother laying on the hallway floor, you lay on him, them&rsquo;s the rules <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67REzzH7It\">pic.twitter.com\/67REzzH7It<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lin_Manuel\/status\/1186291787956137984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-why-don-t-you-tell-us-how-you-really-feel\">10. Why don&rsquo;t you tell us how you really feel?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">8: I don&rsquo;t want to have bunk beds anymore. <br><br>Me: Why not?<br><br>8: What if my brother falls through &amp; crushes me while I&rsquo;m sleeping?<br><br>Me: That won&rsquo;t happen.<br><br>8: Are you sure? He&rsquo;s one real heavy son of a bleep!<\/p>&mdash; Unfiltered Mama &#128151;&#9996;&#65039; (@UnfilteredMama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnfilteredMama\/status\/1207557543561584640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-we-see-what-you-re-doing-and-we-re-not-buying-it\">11. We see what you&rsquo;re doing, and we&rsquo;re not buying it.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"Stop hitting me!\"<br>&ndash; kid who is hitting their sibling<\/p>&mdash; The ParentNormal (@ParentNormal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParentNormal\/status\/647950057661050880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-12-when-one-kid-is-straight-savage\">12. When one kid is straight savage.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dad: Do you love your little sister?<br>10yo: About 4.5.<br>Dad: No, it&rsquo;s not on a scale of 1 to10.<br>10yo: That was a scale of 1 to 100.<\/p>&mdash; Kate Hall (@KateWhineHall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateWhineHall\/status\/515852102271500290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2014<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-13-there-s-simply-no-way-around-a-fight\">13. There&rsquo;s simply&nbsp;no way around a fight.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">if you have multiple kids I guarantee at least one of them will always choose \"the one their sibling has\" as their favorite popsicle flavor<\/p>&mdash; The Dad (@thedad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedad\/status\/1284870613249732609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-14-ok-that-s-enough-kids\">14. OK, that&rsquo;s enough, kids!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6yo: Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!<br>3yo: No, I'll call.<br>6yo: I want to call!<br>3yo: No, me!<br><br>My kids will literally fight about anything.<\/p>&mdash; Paige Kellerman (@PaigeKellerman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaigeKellerman\/status\/731142963607134208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-15-maybe-this-isn-t-so-bad-after-all\">15. Maybe this isn&rsquo;t so bad after all&hellip;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listening to my kids argue makes me feel like I&rsquo;m going to have a breakdown yet a little excited about a brief hospital stay.<\/p>&mdash; Sarcastic Mommy (@sarcasticmommy4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarcasticmommy4\/status\/1213508510324932608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From secret arguments to fighting over a single piece of candy, here are funny tweets from parents that nail the relationship and rivalry between siblings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1273,"featured_media":64009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2022-03-24","view_count":1868,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member-type":[3],"vertical":[6,17],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-6233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","member-type-seeker","vertical-children","vertical-child-care-advice","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":"2020-07-23","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6233"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64020,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6233\/revisions\/64020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=6233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}