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Sibling rivalry
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<p>Sibling rivalry is a type of <a href="/facts/Competition/FpQaEhHv">competition</a> or animosity among <a href="/facts/Sibling/sEaXm8y0">siblings</a>, whether blood-related or not. </p><p>In childhood, siblings generally spend more time together than they do with parents. <a href="/facts/Sibling_relationship/a3mhUKlw">Sibling bonds</a> are influenced by factors such as <a href="/facts/Parenting/NbIlAmuJ">parental</a> treatment, <a href="/facts/Birth_order/0KF6LoIR">birth order</a>, personality, people and experiences outside the family. Sibling rivalry is more prominent when children are close in age and of the same gender and/or where one or multiple children are <a href="/facts/Intellectual_giftedness/4MdSLo9d">intellectually gifted</a>. </p>