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Category Archives: Raising your siblings
Are you a parent with twins or multiples?
I know. My daughter has 14 month old twin boys and I am in LA- well almost every month. Continue reading
Posted in brother, Raising your siblings, sibling team, step grandparent, twins
Tagged parent team with twins, Sisters, twins
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Find Out How to Have a Siblings Meeting with Kids on You Tube
Want to learn how to have a family meeting with kids. Continue reading
What is the Go Around Technique ?- A Great Tool for Kid family meetings
Family meetings give parents an excellent tool to listen to both sides of a sibling argument. They provide a safe arena where you can impose rules about each person taking a turn to express his or her viewpoint. Continue reading
Posted in brother, family meeting, Go- Aound Technique, Parent, Raising your siblings, sibling team, sibling violence, sisters, young siblings
Tagged family drama, Family meeting for young siblings, go around technique, kids fighting, parenting, sibings and violence, sibling hitting, sibling relationship
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Do you have kids/twins who are sick? Have a Sister
Last week my daughter Kali twin son’s came down with foot mouth and hand disease Their nanny went to a family wedding in Maryland. Now one twin just came down with an ear infection last night. On top of that their dogs were both sprayed by skunks last night requiring bathing the animals in a noxious mixture to get rid of the smell. What to do? Have a sister. Continue reading
How to Avoid Sibling Wars With Your Kids- Family Meetings
Family meetings are an excellent tool for letting you listen to both sides of a sibling argument. They provide a safe arena where you can impose rules about each person taking a turn to express his or her viewpoint. Continue reading
Are Female Siblings Violent Towards Brothers?
Researchers have found that while women are more likely to use physical aggression during disagreements, parents frequently are more upset by male aggression than female belligerence. This is true even when the abusive acts are identical (e.g., boys throwing objects during a fight is seen as a more serious transgression than girls throwing objects during a fight). Continue reading
Mother’s Day Gifts from Kid Siblings- Homemade and Priceless
What are some great home made gifts that young siblings can make for mother’s day- for either Mom or Grandma ? Continue reading
Posted in extended family, Generation X, holidays, Parent, Raising your siblings, young siblings
Tagged cheap gifts with priceless love, Dad tips for mother's day, extended family, home made gifts, involve Dad in mother's day, mother's day gifts, parenting, sibing relationship, young siblings
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Do You Want Your Twins Siblings To Be a Zerox or Original Copy?
But the Olsen, twins, of Full House fame- and most twins- do not want to merge their personas and make slip -strike shift under their other twins’ identity. They want their own individual personalities. Continue reading
Want to make a New Years Resolution to raise your kids as closer siblings ?
Parents are like turtles. They carry the carapace of their childhood sibling clashes with them into their own parenting. Moms and dads re-create their own brother and sister issues- once again- with their own children. How?? Continue reading
