sibling group

Children sharing parents

A sibling group is a set of brothers and sisters considered as a unit, most often in adoption and foster care contexts where keeping siblings together is a priority: The agency placed the sibling group of four with a single family.

The term also appears in sociology and family therapy to describe the dynamics among children in a household.

Related

birth order · pecking order · twins · triplets · foster · foster care · adoption · kinship · blood relatives · rivalry · bond · household · children · bunk beds · relatives · pack · litter · brood

Opposites
family composition - presence of siblings

sibling grouponly child

Person without siblings

singleton · unaccompanied minor

relatedness

sibling groupstrangers

People unknown to you

non-relatives · peer group · friend group · classmates · acquaintances

Family

sibling, siblings, group, groups, grouped, grouping, groupings, sib, sibs

Familiarity
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