TikToker @robinwhitsett, whose full name is Robin Whitsett, began posting videos of her youngest daughter waiting for one or both of her older sisters at the beginning of the school year. The collection of videos has garnered millions of views with one from this week receiving 10 million views alone.
In the video, Whitsett wrote over the footage that her young daughter “waits for her sister no matter the weather.”
She then showed a video of the little one running down the driveway to meet her older sister on sunny days, rainy days and even snowy days.
Whitsett told Newsweek in an email that her oldest daughter Lily is 12, her middle daughter Lilah is 10 and the youngest, Loxley, is three.
In an August 2021 report from VeryWellFamily, Licensed clinical social worker Amy Morin wrote that “research shows that siblings are integral in teaching one another how to interact socially.”
Laurie Kramer, a professor at the University of Illinois who has conducted research on siblings told the website that though parents are better at teaching children how to act in more formal settings, “siblings are better role models of the more informal behaviors—how to act at school or on the street, or, most important, how to act cool around friends—that constitute the bulk of a child’s everyday experiences.”
Whitsett told Newsweek that the tradition helped Loxley cope with her older siblings returning to school after summer break.
“Lox had a hard time adjusting to her older siblings going back to school after summer, so her waiting for them every day sorta just helped her cope with missing them so much,” she said. “She started watching for their bus as soon as she could walk. "
Thousands of people have left comments under one of Whitsett’s many videos. Many were touched by the sweetness of the sisters’ relationship while others reminisced on how their childhood relationships with their siblings looked a bit different.
“My sibling would have locked the front door during the snow,” one person wrote.
“Bro my sibling would have set up ice for me to slip,” said another.
Another commenter noted that not only does the younger sibling seem over the moon to see her big sister, but the older girl who gets off the bus is just as excited.
As the little girl picks up speed down the driveway, her older sister emerges from behind the bus and runs just as fast toward her with her arms spread for a hug.
Whitsett told Newsweek that despite her daughter’s age difference they do “genuinely” enjoy spending time with one another.
She said that she had no idea her videos would become so popular and “touch the hearts” of so many people.
“It touched my heart so much the first video I took when Lox was a baby walking out and the girls were still on the same bus, I just needed everyone to see that family bond and cry with me about it,” Whitsett told Newsweek in an email. “I’m so fortunate they are all so very close and it is such a beautiful real reaction they have seeing the love they have for one another.”
