Further describe the problem by stating each person viewpoint on it. This still gives children the opportunity to resolve the situation and keeps the parent from creating a triangle with the children. The last step is to physically intervene if the battle becomes dangerous by words or actions. After a cooling down period, the parent can have the children try again to come up with a solution to the problem and the truck can wait on top of the refrigerator until they reach an agreement. Parents can use these three steps, regardless of the family type, to cope with a frustrating but perhaps necessary interaction between brothers and sisters.
Parents make the situation worse by intervening too early.
They mistake a normal developmental struggle as negative. When fighting does become abusive or dangerous, parents can and should step in. Until then, let them work it our on their own. Click here to support international family planning.