I don't think she will. My sister Amber and I were the same amount apart as Christine and her sibling will be, almost exactly. We fought a whole lot as we got older, but we were also the best of friends. Up until I went to school, we were inseparable. For me the feelings of sibling jealousy didn't kick in until my next sister, Opal. She was on a heart/breathing monitor for 3 years and my parents tried to hide from Amber and I that there was a possibility that she might die. Instead they spent time with her, anxiously making sure she was still breathing and her heart was still beating. They gave her special treats after going through awful medical tests that Amber and I knew nothing about. My parents were trying to give all three of us a sense of normalcy by trying to live like it didn't exist, but to a child's mind (I was 5 when Opal was born and Amber was 3) our parents were playing favourites. I'm not proud of it, but I have to admit that Amber and I picked on Opal mercilessly, often ganging up on her. We didn't see this potentially life-threatening condition, we saw our sister getting more attention and extra special gifts on days that weren't birthdays or Christmas.
For me the feelings of sibling jealousy didn't kick in until my next sister, Opal. She was on a heart/breathing monitor for 3 years and my parents tried to hide from Amber and I that there was a possibility that she might die. Instead they spent time with her, anxiously making sure she was still breathing and her heart was still beating. They gave her special treats after going through awful medical tests that Amber and I knew nothing about. My parents were trying to give all three of us a sense of normalcy by trying to live like it didn't exist, but to a child's mind (I was 5 when Opal was born and Amber was 3) our parents were playing favourites. I'm not proud of it, but I have to admit that Amber and I picked on Opal mercilessly, often ganging up on her. We didn't see this potentially life-threatening condition, we saw our sister getting more attention and extra special gifts on days that weren't birthdays or Christmas.
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