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    Parenting for healthy sibling relationships involves avoiding comparisons between children, allowing siblings to express strong emotions toward each other, and helping them solve problems after fights through respectful discussion of feelings and jointly agreed solutions. Treating each child as an individual rather than assigning them roles helps support healthy identity formation and sibling relationships.

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    Parenting for healthy sibling relationships involves avoiding comparisons between children, allowing siblings to express strong emotions toward each other, and helping them solve problems after fights through respectful discussion of feelings and jointly agreed solutions. Treating each child as an individual rather than assigning them roles helps support healthy identity formation and sibling relationships.

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    Parenting for healthy sibling relationships involves avoiding comparisons between children, allowing siblings to express strong emotions toward each other, and helping them solve problems after fights through respectful discussion of feelings and jointly agreed solutions. Treating each child as an individual rather than assigning them roles helps support healthy identity formation and sibling relationships.

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    Siblings Without Rivalry Info Sheet

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    Parenting for healthy sibling relationships involves avoiding comparisons between children, allowing siblings to express strong emotions toward each other, and helping them solve problems after fights through respectful discussion of feelings and jointly agreed solutions. Treating each child as an individual rather than assigning them roles helps support healthy identity formation and sibling relationships.

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    Parenting for healthy

    sibling relationships
    www.familytherapyllc.com [email protected]

    This information sheet summarizes information from "Siblings Without


    Rivalry", a fabulous parenting book by Adele Farber and Elaine Mazlish.
    This book is great for advice on parenting your children to have healthy
    relationships with each other for their sake and yours.

    Don't compare allow them to express


    It is normal for siblings to have
    Comparison is not only the thief of
    strong emotions toward each
    joy, it is also the thief of loving and
    other sometimes. It is important
    healthy sibling relationships. It is
    to allow siblings have their
    important as a parent to make sure
    feelings about each other
    you avoid comparison between your
    heard. If one child says
    children even if it seems small and
    something negative about
    harmless. If you find yourself about
    another one, don't dismiss their
    to make a comparative statement
    feelings by saying something
    between siblings, instead only
    like "you don't really mean
    discuss the behavior that you
    that." Instead, try to validate
    like/don't like by:
    and help them describe their
    Describing what you see
    feelings with a statement like "It
    Describing how you feel
    sounds like your brother really
    Describing what you want them
    hurt your feelings."
    to do
    When they fight Problem solving
    Siblings will fight sometimes - it's After a difficult fight, problem solving
    inevitable. is often necessary. When everyone
    Normal bickering is OK to ignore. is calm, call a meeting with the
    It is important to allow them to siblings. Establish ground rules, and
    resolve smaller conflicts on their allow each child to respectfully
    own. describe their feelings, allowing
    If it gets a little more heated, it each child time to rebut. Once
    can be helpful to intervene by everyone has a full picture of what
    reflecting each child's point of is going on, focus on discussing
    view solutions, and find one that
    If the situation is dangerous, everyone can live with. Make sure
    describe what you see, reiterate everyone gets to suggest solutions
    rules, and separate - problem if they want to. After resolved, check
    solve later back in later.

    No Roles Equal is not best


    Make sure to not allow your children
    to be categorized into roles by Every child has different needs,
    yourself, their siblings, or anyone desires and abilities. This is why
    else. There is no "problem child" or they shouldn't be treated as
    "athletic child" or "smart child."
    equals, they should be treated as
    Confining children into roles can
    unique individuals. They should be
    harm their identity formation - it is
    shown love and attention based on
    important for children to know that
    they can become whatever and
    their needs at thee time!
    whoever they want, regardless of
    their siblings!

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