He begins to take a degree of satisfaction in the turmoil that he can cause by provoking his brother. This interesting sibling reaction is quite common. The nondisabled sibling may feel guilty about his success in school and may actually cover it up. Oftentimes, parents will minimize the academic successes of the nondisabled child in order to spare the feelings of the Learning Disabled sibling. This is a mistake.
ALL kids deserve and require encouragement and praise for the accomplishments.
And the child with a Learning Disability must learn to cope with the reality of this. None of the above feelings can be avoided. They are natural childhood reactions. But the impact and severity of the reaction can be minimized by providing Brooke with factual explanations about the nature and needs of Trevor's problem. Unfortunately, in many households, children have convinced their parents that the above definition is the true and accurate one.