Parenting Tip # 212
Tips on dealing with sibling rivalry:
*Clearly spell out the boundaries and limits. No hitting. No saying ?I hate you.? No bossing each other around. And no cut-downs. Establish non-negotiable penalties for stepping over the limit.
*Have your children memorize Romans 12:10, 17.
*Don?t fuel your kids? competitive spirit by comparing them with each other, by playing favorites, or by constantly putting them in situations where they have to compete against each other.
*Pray for your children. Ask God to make them best friends. *Pray that He will divinely engineer situations where they have to look out for each other, and applaud them when they do.Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years
Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers. |
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