Do you make your kids go to their siblings' games/events?
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Anonymous
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I'm not talking about younger sibs who attend because of childcare issues.
Do you make your kids, at least on occasion, attend a sibling's game or event just to be supportive, even if they'd rather be doing something else instead? |
Anonymous
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Yes
Not every game but some |
Anonymous
| Yes |
Anonymous
+1 My daughter loves to go to her brothers' games. The boys do not feel the same way about hers. I do make them go from time to time. Pre-COVID, if one had a game a distance away and their school work allowed, we would all go and do something in the area together. |
Anonymous
| Only on occasion. |
Anonymous
| Once our kids are old enough to leave at home, we'll let them stay. We have 3 and they really don't enjoy going to games at all. Can't wait to let them stay at home. |
Anonymous
| Pre corona we did this more. Now during corona I don’t have extra people out if I can help it. If it’s a really biography thing we would all go (if we could). |
Anonymous
| Big thing, not biography |
Anonymous
| Our DD and DS are in two vastly different sports, often with long travel times. We don't make them attend each other's events. |
Anonymous
| Most of the time they want to go. Both kids have two games and two or more practices a week So sometimes here are conflicts, which makes them that much more likely to want to go when they can. They are 9 and 11. Older boy, younger girl. |
Anonymous
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Yes, but it's mostly for recitals and concerts. DC2 used to attend DC1's, and now it's the reverse (Covid excepted), because DC1 dropped his music in high school and DC2 has progressed rapidly in hers. It's not only about supporting a family member, but it's genuinely because we all enjoy classical music. |
Anonymous
| Sometimes for the big things (like a recital or championship game/match) |
Anonymous
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Ideally yes. It can really make a difference in the older child *really* knowing the younger child as an individual. Know their friends. Their teachers, coaches. Their world. It's too easy for the older child to only see the younger child as someone who admired them. Always present at their things.
It matters when they are adults, when they are peers. They understand more about each other's younger lives. |
Anonymous
| No. On rare occasions it happens because of schedules (and they attended each other’s events frequently when they were too young to stay home alone), but otherwise no. They are supportive of each other whether they go or not. |
Anonymous
| Yes, but it’s (usually) only once a week, so nothing out of the ordinary |