Sibling: Difference between revisions

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While some circumstances can cause siblings to be raised separately (such as [[foster care]]) most societies have siblings grow up together. This causes the development of strong [[human bonding|emotional bonds]], with siblinghood considered a unique type of relationship unto itself. The emotional bond between siblings is often complicated and is influenced by factors such as parental treatment, [[birth order]], [[Personality psychology|personality]], and personal experiences outside the family.<ref name="psychtoday">{{cite magazine |author=Mersky Leder, Jane |url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19930101-000023.html |title=Adult Sibling Rivalry |magazine=Psychology Today |date=Jan–Feb 1993 |access-date=November 28, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211220721/http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19930101-000023.html |archive-date=December 11, 2012 }}</ref>

* '''{{vanchor|Foster}} siblings''' are children who are raised in the same [[foster home]]: foster children of one's parent(s), or the children or foster children of one's foster parent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=foster brother|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-danish/foster-brother|access-date=2021-03-10|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Foster sister definition and meaning {{!}} Collins English Dictionary|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/foster-sister|access-date=2021-03-10|website=www.collinsdictionary.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 2019|title=Sibling Issues in Foster Care and Adoption|url=https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/siblingissues.pdf|url-status=live|website=Child Welfare Information Gateway|publisher=U.S. Department of Health and Human Services}}</ref>

* '''God siblings''' are the children of the [[godparent|godfather or godmother]] or the godchildren of the father or mother.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

* '''Cross-siblings''' are individuals who share one or more half-siblings; if one person has at least one maternal half-sibling and at least one paternal half-sibling, the maternal and paternal half-siblings are cross-siblings to each other.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/28/shes-my-sister-from-another-mister-cross-siblings|title=She's my sister from another mister! {{!}} Janelle Butterfield|last=Butterfield|first=Janelle|date=2013-12-28|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>{{Dubious |Cross siblings?|date=June 2020}}