I’m the older sister in my family, and growing up with a younger brother, I always felt the weight of setting a good example. And I tried my best, I really did, but he was a pro at pushing my buttons. Naturally, this led to some ridiculous arguments—we’d fight over the last cookie and the TV remote like it was a matter of life and death.
At Bored Panda, we were curious about what other silly things siblings bicker about, so we went looking around on the internet. We found a bunch of hilarious and relatable moments, and just had to share them with you. Check out our favorites below, and don’t forget to upvote the ones that made you smile!
P.S. Don’t tell my brother, but… I might have secretly made sure he got the bigger piece of that last cookie every time.
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When our mom was dying, she called each of the five of us for a talk. She told each of us "You were my favorite - but don't tell the others!" She knew damn well that we all would and left the world enjoying her last prank.
My mother would say to my brother "you're my favourite little boy" it used to drive him beyond irritated. I got her back for him last year, I bought her a birthday card saying "you're one of my favourite parents"
My mother would always tell my sibling and me that she did not have a favorite child because both of us were her favorite children.
My husband and I always say that our parents do have a favorite grandchild, it's whichever grandchild is near them, at the moment.
“Competition with siblings is just a fact of life. And we, as people with siblings and people with children, can just try to manage it as best we can,” says Jeanine Vivona, a professor of psychology at the College of New Jersey.
While it may be surprising, these conflicts, as long as they don’t go too far, can actually help children become capable adults. Through these experiences, they learn to listen, cooperate, manage emotions, and solve problems—all crucial for building strong relationships.
Pfffft I just laughed too hard I too will damage my spleen if you keep touching her balls (pffffft bahahaha)
And now the Les Mis song pops up in my head 😂
Load More Replies...Moreover, during fights, children can actually develop their unique personalities. By taking a stand for something they believe in, they figure out what truly matters to them – their favorite activities, hobbies, and passions. This self-discovery can make them feel more confident and independent as they grow up.
As a kid I'd tell my sister to punch me back twice as hard so she wouldn't tell my parents. Sometimes she'd punch me back twice as hard and then proceed to tell the parents anyway.
One of my grandkids PAID another of my grandkids not to tell their mother how the second grandkid got a bloody lip. (The mother figured it out. Surprise surprise)
My oldest brother shot my younger sister in the hand with a BB Gun. He was scared he was going to be in big trouble with my Dad so he told her to shoot him in the butt with the same BB Gun! She did. So they were EVEN!😆
My best friend and his sister had the most intense sibling fights I have ever heard of. One time she threw a knife at him (it landed about an inch into his shoulder) because he ate the last Eggo waffle. They had both reached the freezer at the same time, so he shoved the entire frozen waffle into his mouth to stop her from eating it, and then ran away. Which is when she grabbed a knife out of the sink and threw it at him.
One of my grandma's brothers warned another brother to not touch his next pork chop (or whatever meat). Brother 2 didn't listen, Brother 1 meant business. And impaled a regular, blunt table fork through his hand. Good times 🤣
Load More Replies...The cat loves me most, for several reasons: The treats are in my room. The brush is in my room. I’ve never trapped him in a sleeping bag and swung it around. I’m the one who always gives him the tuna juice left in the can.
For parents, though, these disagreements can be a big headache on top of everything else they have to deal with. Experts say it’s important not to brush them off and to help kids find ways to work things out instead. “The more proactive you can be, the better off you’re going to be in terms of setting the stage for success,” advises Stephanie Lee, a clinical psychologist at the Child Mind Institute.
It takes patience, but stepping in when needed can prevent deeper rifts between siblings and create a more peaceful family dynamic in the long run.
then it will be "my imaginary pool is better than yours".
Load More Replies...If you want the diving board, you imagine it to be there. If you don't, you don't.
I knew when me and my ex were planning our renovations arguments were frequent. People don't fully understand this level of stress until they go through it. /s
You can only ask me for a kidney twice, but there's no limit to those water trips.
Funny thing is I can't give my sister a kidney not even same blood type
that's interesting! is it normal for siblings to have different blood types?
Load More Replies...When children are left to handle everything on their own, there’s a chance things can escalate to full-blown bullying. This can have lasting effects, as kids who are picked on by their brothers or sisters often grow up feeling less competent and happy in life. Studies also find that bullying increases the likelihood of experiencing depression and engaging in self-harm during adulthood.
Nah, some chores are always fun. Mopping, pruning, exercising the dog, raking, shampooing the carpet. I confess that I once had a violent argument with my brother about who would get to shampoo their carpet first.
Load More Replies...Yes then both of them can clean, parents can read or watch tv, everyone wins !!!!
Load More Replies...If it's a reward that they get to use it, then they will compete to clean. Be still my heart...
As an only child raising a set of sisters (3.5yrs apart) I used to think I was doing something wrong because they'd go through phases where they fought over every. STUPID. LITTLE. THING. I eventually married a youngest brother and found out no, all that is normal, and as long as there's no need for a hospital it's fine.
My mother inquired of a bruise on me when I was five. I blamed it on my sister's nemesis. I don't know how I got it but did tell the truth after my mother made arrangements to go to the school to complain. What was I thinking?🫣
But who started the argument about starting arguments when they were agruing about who would start the argument?
But who started arguing first about who would start the argument first??
I made my kids stop and name something they loved about their sibling. That drove them to stop before I stopped it. They are very close (which was exactly my goal as my mother always allowed my siblings to attack me physically and verbally and we're estranged as adults). I'm glad I didn't do that bs to my kids.
Thankfully, there are some tips you can follow to resolve even the silliest fights. The key is to understand why they happen in the first place. Look for patterns; your children’s constant toy battles could have a different explanation.
“What the kids might really be fighting for is their parents’ attention after they’ve played nicely for a long period of time,” says Dr. Lee. “Kids aren’t really so concerned about the toy, it’s more that they’ve figured out these patterns of behavior that when I yell, when I kick, someone gets involved immediately.”
Me, me and again me. I am the best anti-mosquito device you will ever find. They will bite me and leave you alone.
Same. If there is a mosquito within 5 miles it will find me.
Load More Replies...Mosquitos like type O. So if one kid has type O and the other doesn't, that kid tastes better (in theory. I'm an A and I get eaten alive).
I've always said my sister is the best mosquito protection for me, because if we are together they all flock to her (poor dear).
Not cool for multiple reasons. Throwing anything out your vehicle window is never the best option.
Load More Replies...yes, we are all the fastest winners just dont tell her lil sibling
we arent - egg choose who is winner. It is never first one. Fun fact - sciencist still dont known how egg choose winner one, ...
Load More Replies...Another great strategy to discourage negative behaviors is to focus on reinforcing positive ones. Dr. Lee recommends praising your children when they behave well by saying, “Wow, great job taking turns”, or “I love how you guys are playing together”.
Both are wrong. 12 is an incomplete answer, as -12 squared is also 144. Hence the square root of 144 is 12 and -12.
My 3 year old niece once threw a massive tantrum because her brother gave their mom a high 5. Apparently she's the only one who's allowed to do that! Kids are weird.
Oh god I see this all the time at work. It’s funny when you don’t have to deal with it.
Mid-kid is really sensitive with this. I sometimes have to call ppl up again after a phonecall because mid-kid is completely falling apart because one of her sisters pushed the hang up-button. Or we have to turn the TV on again so she can turn it off. It's weird sometimes, the things that are important to kids....
Sally Beville Hunter, a clinical associate professor in child and family studies at the University of Tennessee, reminds parents that when you’re praising children, it should be done so that all of them can hear you. However, if you need to correct one child, take them aside to talk privately, away from their sibling. Or else, the other child might use it against them later, saying something along the lines of, “Mom said you couldn't jump off the couch!”
Public Service Announcement: “All kids fight all the time” sums up this entire listicle.
Not all the time! 5 and 7 cuddle while watching tv today. As soon as their show way over they found a "reason" to fight again
Load More Replies...I married my cat to my dog when I was a kid XD To be fair, the dog had a HUGE crush on the cat. The cat was cool with the dog, too.
Load More Replies...This is a perfect example of why some cats decide to up sticks and move in with the child free neighbours.
As a Young kid I thought I wanted to marry the cat. That was before I learned what actual romantic/s🐵xual attraction was, of course.
If you choose to break up a fight by taking away something from your kids, like a toy they can’t share, always give it back. Do so within a few minutes, Dr. Lee stresses, and encourage them to collaborate by taking turns to play.
Reminds me of when my four nieces were playing in the sand and suddenly the baby started crying. Me, to niece, 5: "What did you do to your cousin? She's crying!" "I didn't do nothing!... Well, I just threw some sand in her face..."
Similar situation in my childhood home: "I didn't hit her with a ball. She was dumb enough to walk into my ball's path."
This is a thing. Trying to get as close as you can to smacking each other with your hands while not making connection, and then they zig when you thought they were going to zag. So technically...
Soooo, does this argument count infront of court too? Asking for a friend....
Load More Replies...Mine are 2.5 yrs apart, my oldest bit his brother when he was less than a yr old so I bit him just hard enough for him to know that it hurts and told him you don't bite people He never did it again, he had my tooth marks for a couple mins, the baby had them longer.
It wasn't a punishment, it was a demonstration. And better from you than from an enraged child in nursery who draws blood and leaves a scar
Load More Replies...Finally, look for moments to gather as a family. “Try to find common activities that allow everyone to be flexible, and to feel connected,” suggests Vivona. For instance, if one child loves dancing and another prefers chess, everyone can still bond over a movie night together.
My sister and I outgrew it by living on different sides of the country and ignoring each other. It works surprised well!
My twin sisters are 61, live about 150 miles apart, and I think they call each other 3-4 times a week to fight
My dad bought me my first pocket knife at about 5. I suffered some minor cuts, but I learned to handle it quickly. To carve nice flutes out of tree branches. Very happy memories and I was SO proud! 🥰😊
So, don’t be discouraged by sibling quarrels. Use them as an opportunity to grow closer and create some funny memories to look back on!
It's your turn! No it isn't, it's yours! I did it last time! No you didn't, I did!
Especially since whichever one wins is only going to make the vacuuming take two or three times longer than if you just did it by yourself—-and the whole point is to get it done fast, so you have more time to get the other thousand or so things you have to do done before it’s time to go to bed.
I fed all the cats the same food, but they would change bowls, hiss and smack each other, until I separated them.
Four cats here - I just put out 4 bowls and let them sort it out. None of them is skinny.
Load More Replies...My 2 dogs will eat from each other's bowls. I separate them and sometimes the male will also eat his sister's food if I don't stop him. From the same little, I got them from a shelter 2 yrs ago.
My sisters used to always complain about my breathing keeping them awake at night, they'd constantly wake me up and freak at me for it (I shared a room with 4 sisters!) My parents would always reply "what do you want us to do, she needs to breathe?" They never thought to get my breathing problems checked out by a doctor. Turns out I had undiagnosed asthma my entire childhood and only got a diagnosis when I was 17 and started going to the doctors myself to get help.
Wow, that's a long time to go without being diagnosed and not suffering a major asthma attack, I'm assuming. Glad you found out and hoping you are getting the proper treatment you need. May I ask what decade(s) you grew up in, as well as, did you not go to the doctor, at all, growing up? You don't need to answer if you don't want to, I was just curious. Take care fellow Panda.
Load More Replies...The cat wins everytime, especially if they've just had breakfast and are demanding second breakfast.
Being childfree looks better and better the further I go down this list XD Though, my two cats fight all the time, so.... XD
No contest. When I die, I want to come back as one of my cats. Loved, safe, fed, cuddled, pampered, and secure in the knowledge that I will be taken care of my entire life.
Load More Replies...Downvote trollers attacked again. Here's an upvote. I find it interesting considering this thread regards trivial arguments. 😂
Load More Replies...As the mother of twin boys, yeah, you’d have to find an identical broken plastic fork 🙄
I've always said the nicest thing my husband ever did for me was to get a vasectomy. We already each had grown children when we met. I knew full well that man would knock me up with red headed twin boys.
I dunno man if animals could kiss then Warrior Cats would be very dramatic indeed
When they lick each other’s fur, it’s a show of affection that’s kind of like a kiss. They also “kiss” the people they love in the same way.
Load More Replies...Someday, possibly in the not-too-distant future, that 6yo is going to be idly watching a couple of animals and learn an interesting lesson.
Was thinking the same thing! They DO hug. But it's a "special hug". 😂
Load More Replies...The Grinch that stole Christmas with Jim Carrey is the best ever Christmas flim
Nope, the cat TOTALLY likes me more. She gives me the slow blinkies!!
Load More Replies...We don’t need to fight. The dog likes him, the cat likes me. Easy peasy.
There was no arguing over this growing up. The cats always liked me more. I'm not even joking. And yes I do actually have siblings. That I grew up with.
Same. I was always the animal person, he was the social one who had human friends.
Load More Replies...Unless they're fraternal twins, and they're fighting over who came out of DAD'S body first!! 😂
Load More Replies...I’m the sibling who starts that arguement… “STOP BREATHING SO LOUD!!” “WHAT, DO YOU WANT ME T9 STOP BREATHING!?” “YES PLEASE DO THAT”
My dad's the one who complains most about breathing noisily. It's irritating, especially considering that he himself breathes quite loudly when he's got his headphones in (and also the volume of my lungs is not entirely in my control. I can try to be quieter, but at some point breathing is breathing).
Load More Replies...As I was 30 - 33 I experienced sudden spurs of baby fever (damn hormones!). Visiting zoos from time to time helped me to overcome those hormonal episodes (lots of screaming, horrible, terror brats without boundaries). Disclaimer: I love children, but I'm so f****d up myself. And the earth is overpopulated, anyways...
And these socks are tickling my toes plus keep sliding down.
Load More Replies...Looking back on my childhood I kinda feel bad that my dad built me a lovely wooden dollhouse and I was gifted many pretty furniture pieces from the Yield House.....and I ended up making my own dollhouse for some stuffed animals out of a large box that I added sections to for walls/floors and built all my own furniture out of cardboard and fabric and pictures cut from magazines. In my defense, my mom would constantly rearrange the furniture in the wood dollhouse to the way SHE wanted them. I'd get home and be like, 'do you want me to put this in your room then?' The furniture is beautiful and all but fragile. You don't give that stuff to a 7 year old. I wanted a house I could play with my own way.
I would think he took pride in how you copied what he did.
Load More Replies...That's not fair! We were very attached to our imaginary plot that we put blood, sweat, tears, and a whole 126 seconds into!
Two of my three kids have had these imaginary monster-friends and imaginary male cousins for years. We have at least mr. Zombie, mr. Ghost, mr. Vampire and two or three different male cousins per kid. One (maybe more) was dead at some point but resurrected.... am not sure if he is a zombie now or what? Oh, and mid-kid's mr. Ghost's mom just recently had a new ghost baby. My kid showed me how tiny it was.... 👻
Load More Replies...Those always ended up in Barbie's house. They made great side tables, night stands and when I covered the top with scrap fabric - a footstool
Everyone wanted that damn little table it was prefect for play set. I almost forgot we'd fight over it.
I honestly don't remember if we did fight about that or not because we always made our own pizza. However I do remember bickering with my brother about who got the largest slice of pizza.
I still have a blue dot "tattoo" between my eye brows when my brother let go of the pencil and I stabbed myself in the face with it
Judging by the number of parents posting on this thread alone: there's your "research" :p
Load More Replies...My Dad once told a relative that the only time my older sister and I were civil with each other was when we were asleep - we shared a bedroom and talked in our sleep (apparently).
Kids fight for the he'll of it. I just had to referee a fight between my kids. What were they fighting over? I don't know. They don't know. NOBODY KNOWS.
Load More Replies...Me and my sister used to do this… until our parents realized that we have 2 bathrooms.
Unless one has well water and one or the other is gonna get a cold shower.
Load More Replies...Omg my kids. Apt I'm going to just take them outside and hoes them down. Because Idgaf anymore. Lessons will be learned when someone at school says they smell like dumpster juice.
Your kids want to take showers? Wow.... none of my kids want to. At all. Lil-kid is always screaming and kicking so hard I have to hold her. In the shower. While my bf washes her hair etc. 😬 on the other hand, my kids have fights over who gets to go to the doctor's/hospital/dentist.... they all just loooove going there. 😂
I didn't have to argue with my siblings over this--i was the ubdisputed neighborhood champ & did them regularly off the high dive at our apartment complex swimming pool! Yeah, I have no idea why...but it was my claim to my 9 yr old selfs fame
I got asked once "In a zombie apocalypse, which one of us would you save". I said "The dog". "No seriously, who?". "The dog". "Seriously????". "Yes. The dog is far more useful than you lot. She can help with hunting, warmth, companionship, and protection. What can you lot do?". I wasn't popular.
The dog is also a source of food "do I smell steak?"
Load More Replies...I feel like this all boils down to siblings are stuck living in the same house and competing over resources with someone they did not agree to live with.
Mine was for survival, my mother didn't believe the neighbor when she said my sister was abusing me until she came home 1 night and saw bruises on me. She worked 2nd shift and got a lady down the Rd to stay with us. I was so freaking happy when I came home from a church camp and she had moved out at 16.
Wow. I am sorry to hear that! Are you OK with your sister now or are you on NC with her?
Load More Replies...My brother and I have a family saying - "Never play SORRY! at the top of a flight of stairs."
My sister who's 2.5 years younger than I, get along better when we see each other sporadically. Always fought throughout our lives and we are in our 50's now.
I grew up squabbling with my older sister and slightly younger brother. Dad was just as immature, so the discipline was left entirely to her. They separated. Hubby and I have raised two girls together who were the opposite - they are each other's bestie and hug-a-holics to boot!
I got asked once "In a zombie apocalypse, which one of us would you save". I said "The dog". "No seriously, who?". "The dog". "Seriously????". "Yes. The dog is far more useful than you lot. She can help with hunting, warmth, companionship, and protection. What can you lot do?". I wasn't popular.
The dog is also a source of food "do I smell steak?"
Load More Replies...I feel like this all boils down to siblings are stuck living in the same house and competing over resources with someone they did not agree to live with.
Mine was for survival, my mother didn't believe the neighbor when she said my sister was abusing me until she came home 1 night and saw bruises on me. She worked 2nd shift and got a lady down the Rd to stay with us. I was so freaking happy when I came home from a church camp and she had moved out at 16.
Wow. I am sorry to hear that! Are you OK with your sister now or are you on NC with her?
Load More Replies...My brother and I have a family saying - "Never play SORRY! at the top of a flight of stairs."
My sister who's 2.5 years younger than I, get along better when we see each other sporadically. Always fought throughout our lives and we are in our 50's now.
I grew up squabbling with my older sister and slightly younger brother. Dad was just as immature, so the discipline was left entirely to her. They separated. Hubby and I have raised two girls together who were the opposite - they are each other's bestie and hug-a-holics to boot!
