Raising Happy Brothers and Sisters

Author – Jan Parker and Jan Stimpson

Age Range – 0-16+

Key words – Promoting relationships

Difficult relationships between brothers and sisters can be a cause of significant strain in families. This comprehensive and accessible book offers insight and support for families of all shapes and sizes. It is unusual in bringing together the collected wisdom of parents and professionals and presents many perspectives, including research findings, in an easy to read format.

The book covers many areas of sibling relationships, why they matter, a new baby arriving, building positive relationships, tackling conflict, communication and family changes. The guidance given is clear, useful and non-prescriptive. Discussion often goes into more depth than other similar texts.

Although this book is large with small print, the structure is well thought-out, in short sections and peppered with amusing and poignant anecdotes. The very useful index makes this an ideal book to dip in and out of. Many families would benefit from this excellent book.