Janelle and Christine Brown have remarkably close relationships with each other’s children on Sister Wives. The two sister wives have bonded over the end of their two marriages to Kody Brown on the show. Their sisterhood relationship also extends to how they parent the various children in the family.
Sister Wives’ Janelle Brown is the second wife of Kody, and they have six children together. Christine is the third wife, and also has six children with Kody. The twelve children are incredibly close, and the two mothers consider each other grandmothers to the growing group of grandchildren in the Brown family. Even when Kody has been estranged from his children, Christine and Janelle have been there for each other’s kids. The polygamous marriages may have failed, but the successful co-parenting between the two women continues.
Sister Wives’ Christine and Janelle Brown’s Co-Parenting Runs Deep
The bond Christine and Janelle have with each other’s kids was established early on in their marriages. A timeline of Kody’s 18 children shows that the two women were young mothers around the same time. Janelle had their first son Logan Brown in 1994, a few months after Christine joined the family. Christine had her first daughter with Kody, Aspyn Brown, almost a year later in 1995. The experience of being first-time mothers around the same time was sure to create long-lasting bonds within the family.
Sister Wives’ Christine Brown Was A Stay At Home Mom
Janelle returned to work fairly quickly after having Logan, while Christine stayed home with the growing brood. According to fans like u/iminifyourin on Reddit, this relationship mirrored a traditional nuclear family, “Christine was the default parent and Janelle was the secondary parent in their relationship prior to Las Vegas. Kody was the fun uncle that came around every so often.” Now that their children have children, both Janelle and Christine love being grandmothers. Their close relationship with each other’s children extends to their grandchildren, as Christine recently visited Janelle’s daughter Maddie Brown Brush and her new baby Josephine Lee Brush.
Sister Wives’ Christine & Janelle Brown’s Bond Transcends Plural Marriage
Christine and Janelle have a relationship that transcends the spiritual marriage they had with Kody. How they parent each other’s children reflects what Kody has always said was the foundation of a plural family: love without jealousy. Many families struggle with parenting duties, and this mothering bond between Christine and Janelle reflects a healthy dynamic that worked for them. This parenting style’s success is the reason for their closeness to each other’s children. It could be part of a possible Sister Wives spin-off with Janelle and Christine.
Now that Christine is divorced and Janelle is separated from Kody, it will be interesting to see how their relationship evolves on Sister Wives. Indeed, their relationships with each other’s kids have a great foundation no matter how the family is transformed after the breakdown of the plural marriages. This has only helped the Brown family dynamic over the years.
