Sibling Rivalry and How to Deal With It
I’m 31 and I have 3 kids, two lovely daughters Kei and Vhi and a son Jae. As a father, I see fights among the siblings almost everyday. Even Jae who is only 1 year and 6 months old already knows how to fight. Parenting experts say it’s normal and I agree. I however don’t think that parents should remain passive about it. We parents have an active role in making sure that these rivalries are in control.
Rivalries are said to be healthy in psychological terms. It also prepares the children for real life where lovely butterflies are killed for no reason at all. Whenever I see my kids fighting, I try to listen and see what they’re fighting about. If it’s something that they can handle for themselves then I step back and just watch. If I think fatherly intervention is needed then I tell them to stop and explain to them that they’re siblings and they will remain like that forever. In certain cases, I join the fight and make them laugh.
But what do you do when sibling rivalry gets out of control? Well, gladly I don’t have to deal with that yet and I’m doing my best to prevent that from happening. But what if it happens? I think I still know what to do. Having experienced family turmoils myself, I think I have enough experience to deal with it.
For you though who might need help, here’s another page I made which I think will be useful to you - Click here: Sibling Rivalry and How to Deal With It
It has three more articles in it that would be fun to read.
Cheers!
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