Category Archives: Sibling rivalry

Understanding Empathy, Seven Tips for Raising Compassionate Children

Empathy is about putting yourself in someone else’s shoes and trying to relate to what they might be feeling. Out of empathy comes caring, consideration, compassion and even remorse (if you are unable to think how your actions might hurt … Continue reading

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Sibling Rivalry; Five ways to ensure you aren’t adding to the problem

There are many things we accidentally do as parents or teachers that encourage kids to fight. Knowing what these are helps us avoid participating in them and adding fuel to the fire. Putting these five ideas into practice will help … Continue reading

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Sibling Rivalry; Five tips to decrease the fighting

When our kids have been taught skills to work out disagreements and been made aware of family rules, we are in a good place to limit our involvement in their disagreements and as a result decrease the amount of bickering … Continue reading

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Sibling Rivalry; Teaching kids how to fight with skill

When kids fight to get our attention we can respond in one of three ways: We can react to their arguing, get involved, and reward them for this irritating and unwelcome behaviour. We can completely ignore them, hope they work … Continue reading

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Sibling Rivalry; Why Kids Fight

Childhood is a time of learning and growing. A time when mistakes are made, boundaries are pushed and problems are solved. These challenges continue into adulthood, the only difference is, once we are adults people expect us to have learned … Continue reading

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