With summer fast approaching I feel compelled to arm Moms around the world with survival tips for sibling arguing. Don t intervene right away when arguing begins. Try to let your children work it out on their own. Teach your children skills that will help them to compromise and work with their sibling instead of always coming to an impasse. This will take some time in the beginning until they begin to get the hang of it.
Kids don t always know how to react other than instinctively.
We need to teach our kids negotiating and compromising skills so that they will learn to get along not only with their sibling, but with others as well. If you find that your children are bickering more frequently they may need time away from each other. Too much of anything isn t always positive. Don t buy into their bickering. Children sometimes suck their parents into the argument for attention.