what do you do when your children fight?
By randymoje
@randymoje (92)
United States
August 15, 2008 11:47am CST
as i have mentioned in my previous posts, im just recently become a single dad to a 3 yrs old daughter and a 17 month old son. so im new at this and i need all the advices i can get.
what do you do when kids this age fight? what im doing now is just to resolve what they are fighting about,seperate them, let the other one go to another room and tell them that they can play with other again if they will not fight.
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3 responses
@musicman6 (2407)
• United States
17 Aug 08
Usually, this means that when they are grown, they will be very close!
Just be wary of the word 'usually', and it may not happen in 100% of siblings!
The reason they are fighting, is more than likely the older one may be feeling left out or jealous of the younger one, if he gets more than his share of attention!
The thing to do, is to make the older child feel important in caring, and sharing with the younger one! and let her know how important it is to be loving to her sibling! And the best way to do this is by you setting the example!
It may be hard to keep them from fighting, but it will be important for you to let the older child know how happy it makes you, when they are not fighting!
And by the way, they both need to learn to share!
@randymoje (92)
• United States
18 Aug 08
i hope they will be one of those siblings who will grow closer.
i will try my best to set the good example for them. and also give them equal attention.thank you for that good advice.
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
19 Aug 08
I has been sometime since my sons last fought, I used to just seperate them and I would talk to them individualy to find out what makes them fight. I would explain to them how to better solve their diffrences then yelling or hitting each other. Now that they are older I think they are more mature and can make other decisions than fighting. I know brothers will be brothers and fight sometimes, I was the same way with mine. I think as long as you are able to make up in the end and you know that you love them no matter what was said or done then things will be fine.
