Siblings vs Parents: Are they equally important to have in your life?

By Kathryn Davis
December 14, 2018

The most important people in our lives are our parents and our siblings. Our parents shape us into who we become, but our siblings are our first best friends. The question is who is more important? Are parents and siblings equally important?

This is a hard question to answer. Parents are the ones who support us when nobody else will. They are your first teachers. Your siblings are your best friends. 82 percent of kids live with siblings. Without siblings, people would not have a best friend there 24/7 when things get tough or you need to hide something from their parents.

Sibling influence. A study of more than 1 million Swedes found that one’s risk of dying of a heart attack spikes after a sibling dies of one, because siblings share not only DNA but key figures.

Paulina and Jayme Repollet. Photo by Paulina Repollet

Sophomore Paulina Repollet, who has a little sister Jayme, says that parents and siblings are both equally important.

“Parents give you the guidance siblings can’t, but siblings give you the freedom to tell them anything free of judgement,” Repollet said. “They both give the love and care you need.”

Repollet said that her parents and siblings both give her comfort and warmth when she needs it.

Juls and Jen Pierce. Photo by Juls Pierce

“I don’t think siblings are more important the parents because your parents are the ones who raise you and help you out with everything,” Julianna Pierce, a sophomore at Cabrini university, said. Pierce said she loves her siblings, because they are her best friends, but her parents are the ones who supported her and raised her.

“They are the first ones there when you need help and they will always be the first person you turn to for help,” Pierce said about her parents being her number one support system.

Pierce claims that her siblings are very important to her but she loves the memories of when the whole family is together.

Maddie Taverno, a sophomore education major, says that parents are just as equally important as siblings. She says that siblings give you that comfort in situations you cannot tell your parents.

“It depends on your situation. My siblings know more about me than my parents do, because my siblings were my first best friends,” Taverno said.

Taverno said that her parents were her first teachers and never left her side.

“My parents are important to me, because they were my first teachers and supports,” Taverno said.

Both siblings and parents are an important roll in our lives. Siblings are the people you can go to when you have no one else to turn to. Parents are the people who will constantly support you through anything you go through in life.

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