Hello and Welcome to my Blog! Over the next eight weeks, I will be discussing Children who are emotionally Disturbed, specifically how their siblings cope and the effects placed on their lives from their brother or sister who suffers emotionally. This idea came to me last Wednesday, my Daughter, Haley and I decided to go to the park near our home. It was a perfect day to fly a kite and families were doing just that. I quickly noticed three young boys with their grandmother playing. The oldest boy when asked to let his younger brother fly his kite, immediately had an emotional outbreak and resisted. With much encouragement his grandmother finally convinced the young man to share his kite. The wind took off and the kite ended up getting tangled. I wasn't prepared for what I was going to hear next. The young man proceeded to tell his younger brothers (three and five-years-old) that he was going to kill them and his emotions had visibly taken over. 

     His siblings acted as if this behavior was nothing new. His grandmother began talking to me as we were standing in close proximity. I couldn't help but to feel sorrow for the siblings of the emotionally disturbed young man. All of Grandma's attention was placed on this one child (as it needed to be) and the other boys just "took a back seat" so to say. And my curiosity for coping and handling a sibling who is Emotionally Disturbed began, over the next few weeks I hope you, as the reader, learn and grow along side of me to bring awareness to this topic. Thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you enjoy!