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March 14, 2020

How to handle siblings rivalary

Siblings are the base of relationships in a family. They are the basic providers of love, anger, sympathy, etc among the families. Siblings’ rivalry is a basic problem among the families in today’s world. Various families and their children suffer due to this rivalry. As a result, there are a number of adverse effects on the health of children. Rivalry can be of many types in the families such as wrong connection, name-calling, blaming, poking, lying, challenging belief etc. Parents often feel that these revelries will affect not their children mentally but physically and socially as well. They can get alienated from their own relatives. This can affect their future life. Though the fighting has adverse effects on children it has many benefits for them such as children learn how to tackle pressure, how to take decisions in pressure. How to become more assertive and stand to their point. How to negotiate and compromise. The effects of sibling rivalry depend upon the mentality of parents also. That is what are they doing to end this rivalry and have they done anything to end this.
Here are the points that can help you in handing the sibling revelry in an effective manner;

Make friends before birth

This is the best way to handle rivalry among your families. Make the older child responsible to look after the new ones. Show the older one her childhood photographs and show her how she looks from her birth. Show her where she was born from her hospital to home. By showing her childhood pictures you will be preparing her to love the newborn baby. This will make a strong bond between the two.

Rules and regulations

To handle rivalries of the siblings. The best way is to make your home a disciplined home. Set your own rules in your home so that nobody can violate these rules. This will help you to talk in a disciplined way with your other members of your family. This will affect the minds of not only your older members but also your new ones to behaviour and think three before talking. This will teach every member moral values, sympathy, kindness etc. They will learn that if they do not oblige the rues they can get hurt or their property can get damaged. This will teach them before taking the things of another person to seek his/her permission. This will help them to avoid tattling that is no one should get hurt from them never in their life.

Problem solving and resolution of rivalry
The biggest and most influential tool you can teach your siblings to resolve rivalries. After you teach them how the fighting which has very small importance in our family can be resolved by teaching them how to handle it. By, showing them practically the benefits of solving the complicated problems. This will influence their mind of positivity and they will try to their level to resolve every fighting prevailed to their siblings. I order to make balance and to help in the resolution of rivalry. Every child should be given time to express his her view his her opinion. This will make an important influence on their minds and they should start thinking that their words are taken into consideration. Then you should try to make a general outcome of the fight. A solution that is in everybody’s favour.

 

Encourage healthy relationships with your siblings

A person who teaches his her child to maintain good relations with their siblings remains away from sibling rivalries. Treat every child equal. Do not do a favour of any children in any way. Drop the barriers of communication in your families

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