Don't worry, Jan!

Don't worry, Jan!

Meet Dan and Jan! Dan is the big brother who looks over his little sister named Jan. They are the bestest of friends and do mostly everything together.

One dark, thunderous night, the siblings were in their room sleeping. At least one of them was sleeping...

At this point, Jan had never experienced hearing a thunderstorm this loud at night and was too scared to go to sleep.

Dan, on the other hand, has experienced hearing lots of loud thunderstorms and has even played in the rain in the past. Jan, on this night, discovered that she was, in fact, terrified and started imagining that their house was going to float away from the rain showers.

Jan could not take it any longer and decided to wake Dan. Dan then reassures Jan that everything will be just fine and that thunderstorms are actually a natural phenomenon that occurs, but it is nothing to worry about.

Dan has never been afraid of showing empathy towards his little sister. He knows that at this very moment, Jan could use reassuring words and the biggest hug he can give.

Being the big brother that Dan is, he had the clever idea to ask their dad for additional help in order to comfort Jan and provide a solution to the amount of darkness in the room.

Their Dad shortly walks in, providing the night light that will help Jan conquer this fear.

Towards the end, Jan learned that the night wasn't so bad after all. With the use of a night light and her big brother helping her out, she felt comfortable enough to go back to sleep. Dan was just feeling proud to be able to help out his little sister once more and learned that in these kinds of scenarios, a parent can always help.

Sibling relationships are vital to developing their prosocial behavior because they learn the most from teaching one another. They build meaningful relationships and learn how to help each other when needed. This builds empathy, which contributes to building strong relationships in the future. Jan and Dan are siblings who care and love each other during the entirety of this story and for the rest of the stories to come!