You know the scene. Two children both want the same thing. Or one of them is hurting the other. Or they are complaining and nagging each other. We can’t help ourselves, we come to the rescue. “Why don’t you go first and then the other one can have a turn next?" “Why are you always picking on your brother?" “Why can’t you two just leave each other alone." When we step in like this we actually make things worse. The children start to get irritated at us, they think that we take sides … [Read more...] about Staying neutral – how to manage siblings fighting
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Surviving the holidays with siblings
In all this time writing the blog, I somehow have never written a full post about siblings. I did make this infographic here from the book Siblings without Rivalry – my go to source for approaching disputes between siblings, raising siblings without rivalry, and keeping your sanity. So with the holidays here in the Northern Hemisphere just around the corner and more time together as a family, I thought it apt to give you some tools to deal with the potential battles that might present … [Read more...] about Surviving the holidays with siblings