Parenting
Jealousy Isn’t a Sibling Emergency
Sibling jealousy is not proof of a broken bond. Learn how to hear the need beneath it, hold boundaries, and make each child’s place feel secure.
Tag: Sibling Rivalry
9 articles
Parenting
Stop Refereeing Every Sibling Fight
A practical system for knowing when to step into sibling conflict, when to step back, and how to teach kids to solve ordinary fights.
Parenting
Big Kids Aren’t Managers
Older siblings are not assistant parents. Here is how to protect sibling relationships with clear roles, simple scripts, and less household chaos.
Parenting
Send the Fight Outside
Sibling conflict often softens when kids have space, movement, and shared outdoor missions. Here is why the backyard can help.
Parenting
Stop Forcing Sibling Magic
Sibling closeness grows better through tiny prosocial habits than forced friendship. Here is a calmer, research-informed way to build connection.
Parenting
Give Siblings a Job
Sibling bonding does not have to mean forced sweetness. Try giving kids shared missions that build connection without making you the family cruise director.
Parenting
Equal Parenting Is a Trap
Why treating siblings exactly the same can backfire, and how to respond to fairness complaints without becoming a courtroom judge in yoga pants.
Parenting
Stop Refereeing Every Sibling Fight
A calmer, evidence-informed way to handle sibling fights by teaching repair, fairness, and social skills instead of constantly refereeing.
Sibling Relationships, Birth Order & Raising More Than One
Your Kids Fight Because It's Actually Working
The fighting in your living room isn't a failure. Here's what the research on social-emotional skills, peer dynamics, and behavior science reveals about what sibling conflict is actually doing for your kids.