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Same Family, Different Houses
You and your sibling both went somewhere new and it wasn't the same place.
You're family. You don't live in the same place anymore. That's a hard thing to hold.
For the Children ages 6 to 13 who have been separated from a sibling through foster care placement, family dissolution, or other circumstances — and who are navigating a relationship with someone they grew up with who now lives somewhere different. Also for caregivers and counselors working with children in foster care or kinship placement who have separated siblings.
The Name It First Experience
You grew up together. Now you live in different places. Maybe different families. Maybe you see each other sometimes. Maybe you don't. In Same Family, Different Houses, you navigate what it means to be family when family doesn't mean the same house anymore — how you stay connected, what you talk about, what feels different, and how you hold onto someone who is still yours even when the distance is real. Each path leads somewhere different. This is a story for children who are learning that family is not only a location — and that maintaining a relationship with a sibling across a distance that wasn't their choice is one of the hardest and most important things a person can do. The output is your Same Family, Different Houses Agreement — what your sibling means to you and what you're going to keep doing to stay family.
You can opt into 30-, 60-, and 90-day check-ins from your account. We recommend you do — the point is to see what changed.
Sample questions
- What do you think it feels like for your sibling to be somewhere different from you?
- What is the hardest part about not being in the same home as your sibling?
- What would YOU want your sibling to know about you — right now, today?
Research basis
Wallerstein binuclear family research / Herrick sibling separation in foster care / attachment theory on sibling bonds during family disruption
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