Wilted, no...it's not an exaggeration. I have a younger sister of five and a younger brother of 12 (if memory serves...family circumstances mean I don't seem my half bro much). I've gotten angry at my younger siblings, sure, but I've never hit them out of anger, nor have I ever beaten them to a pulp as you describe. I never took their stuff, I never refused to help them when sick with such callous disregard...I'm not saying I'm a model case of every sibling relationship (my stepmother would sure attest to that, but she can take a swan dive off a tall building, so null argument ), but siblings certainly have MINOR sibling squabbles. This is WELL beyond the realm of "minor squabbles."