When we asked about brothers and si

When we asked about brothers and sisters, more than 2,000 kids wrote in to tell us — often in great detail — about their wonderful brothers and sisters.

OK, not everyone said they were wonderful. But just about everyone said that their brothers and sisters were great at least some of the time — even when they ate all the best cereal, or talked like a baby too much, or pulled their hair. Ouch! Not nice!

Lots of kids even took the time to write poems about their siblings. Here are some of our favorites:

Thanks for letting me use the stuff that wasn't always mine.
Thanks for laughs and the fun times, too.
Thanks for not hitting me with your shoe.
Even when you wanted to.
— by Bailey, 11, about her 17-year-old brother Zachary

My sister is Sally
She’s silly and strange,
But she's my sister and we're both the same.
Sometimes we fight like all people do,
But I know she loves me and I do her, too.
— by Dean, 12, about his 15-year-old sister, Sally.
i'm not always mad.
his jokes keep me from being sad.
so from now on,i'll always love him.
try not to bug him.
and be the sweetest sister you're ever seen
-by Alaina ,9,about her brother.

Do you see that fighting comes up an awful lot? Just about everyone mentioned the fighting. Brothers and sisters do a lot of it, according to our survey. More than half of kids said they fight with their siblings at least once a day, with 38% saying they argue more than once a day.Oh dear,that's a lot!
When they fight, most kids say they shout at their siblings. Almost half said they hit each other. But some of the kids — about 20% — say they ask their mom or dad to help them to solve the problem