Two Simple Words to Create a Positive Sibling Relationship
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Labels: code phrase / discipline / siblings
When I first got pregnant with my second child I kept thinking "I'm giving my older child such a gift: the gift of a sibling!" While in the long run I knew this statement would be true...there were many days where I would wonder when that sibling relationship would start to feel like a gift! My older two children are 6 and 3 ½ and used to spend a lot of their time bickering over toys, over whose turn it is, over basically everything. Hearing them bickering and being a referee totally stole my joy. I LOVE being a mom and I love my job as their full time care provider but, man, its' exhausting to constantly having to hear their battles and dictate who "wins" time and time again. When I realized how much the constant arguing affected me and my ability to be the best parent possible I knew we'd reached a limit with it and something had to be done. My goal is for my children to have strong bonds as siblings. I want them to be buddies, to have each o...
