Sibling rivalry 911...

Hi, I only have one child, so I don't see the sibling rivalry between them! Although my one child does have a boyfriend who seem to bicker constantly so I'm getting to learn about it lol!

My children are 13, 8, 6 and 7 months. It is amazing how they argue back and forth. In the beginning I would correct them one way or another. I have just enforced a new rule(only this week)... I am reminding them that one day they will get married and develop deep relationships. The relationships they have now will reflect on those to come. God has given them practice. I have three girls and a boy. They must be respectful to their brother and he to his sisters to practice how they will treat their spouse. They have not completely caught on yet, but it appears that they are at least trying. They each plan to get married and have kids one day so family is important to them. They have adult dreams and I hope to teach them to practice now so that when they mess up it is easily fixed. Wish me luck. Feel free to pop in with any suggestions.

I make them stop what they are doing. I make my kids share everything..Sometimes they hate it. But will do it when told to. Jealousy is a big issue with sibling rivalry..I have no clue why when I won't do something for one that I can't do for the others. Must be a kid thing to annoy the parents.

I don't have children, but I do have one sister, and both of my parents. When we were little and we would fight or compete against eachother, our parents would take us aside individually and also together and remind us that we were both equal in the family and that they loved us both equally, that one was no better or worse than the other.

I would not get involved in trying to patch things up - I would however listen if they came individually to talk and then I would give advice, but I will not try and fix it for them because they need to do it themselves... then I would undoubtedly let them know that I love both of them and that each one is special... they can agree to disagree and move on with their lives... Good luck and god bless! Families are together forever!

I have 4 boys and we have our times of sibbling rivalry. I do a couple things, first I always remind them that "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" because everything in life is not fair. If a brother gets something that the others don't I don't like the fits because they all get stuff that the others don't. When they do fight I am quick to remind them to makeup and that if they hurt their brother (or anyone really) that they immediately say they are sorry even if it was totally an accident. Who knows if what I'm doing is right but the boys do not fight that often and are always quick to forgive each other. They are all really close and have great relationships with each other. They have a lot of love for each other so whatever fighting or sibbling rivalry is there is just natural stuff. I do have some family members that it seems they promote the rivalry in their house and it makes me so sad because their kids are not friends at all.