Welcoming visitors has long had difficulty finding its place in intensive care units, including pediatric units. This article describes the reflective approach adopted by a working group in the pediatric intensive care unit at the regional university hospital in Tours, with the aim of fully integrating the reception of siblings into the child's hospitalized care project. The momentum generated by this reflection has gradually enabled the family environment to be restructured around the child in care, reinvigorating a breath of life that extends far beyond the purely biological.