Question

What is a sibling household?

Answer 1

A sibling household consists of children living by themselves due to the death of their parents or as a result of their parents abandoning them. The eldest usually is the most responsible individual and he or she works and provides for the younger children.

Answer 2

Sibling household is one wherein siblings live under the same roof with no parents. Some of the siblings could be adults. In these cases elderly children in households take care of younger children where the the older children  love and support one another without competing with each other, and do not fight with one another. These behaviours are often observed by younger children.

Explanation:

The advantages of a sibling household are

1. The child lives with his own family members. He/she does not feel the absence of parents much. He/she feels secure in the company of his/her siblings.
2. The child imitates the moral values imbibed by his siblings and learns them.
3. The affection and love developed during initial stages of life is the foundation of later relationships amongst siblings.
4. The child learns motor, language, social skills under the encouragement and guidance of his/her older siblings

Disadvantages of sibling household are

1. The older siblings usually of young age and do not have enough experience to take care of children.
2. Some sort of emergency such as in the case of minor accident or when the child is ill older siblings cannot do much to help the younger sibling(s).
3. Older siblings remain uneducated since they have to take care of their younger sib­lings.
4. If the siblings are not grown up then the older siblings cannot guide the younger siblings properly.