N A V I G A T I O N

Home Baby Safety Baby Keeper™ Karma Baby Slings See Shell Carrier Stroller Sun Covers Swing Shady Water Carrier NEW!!>>> Sittin' Snug - Portable High Chair Baby Shower & Gear Baby Bootie Bouquets Baby Shower Favors Gift Baskets Gift Sets Gift Sets page 2 Gift Sets page 3 Karma Baby Slings LIKEaBIKE - Bikes Luly Boo Park n Play Mat Luly Boo Play Lounge Lovely Baby CD's Plush Critters Swing Shady Personalized Items Personalized Baby Blankets Personalized Music Personalized Bears Personalized Baby Wear Custom Memory Quilts Baby Wear Diaper Buds Baby Banz Baby Shoes Baby Sunshades Flap Hat Kushies Retro Banz NEW!!>>>Pearl Jewelry for Babies & Children Gift Certificates Nursery Personalized Birthdate Plaques Canvas Wall Art Personalized Nursery Personalized Wooden Plaques Snuggle Quilts Products for Mom NEW!!>>>Pearl Mother's Jewelry Jewelry Gift Baskets Pink Ribbon Basket Progesterone Cream Information Become a Reseller Child Safety Tips Directory Parenting Resources Pregnancy Resources Shipping Policy

Introducing a NEW section on Baby See Shell!
Products for Mom!

Sibling Rivalry
 by Lori Ramsey of Stages in Pregnancy

If there are brothers and sisters then there is sibling rivalry.  Generally the further apart in years the siblings are the less likelihood of sibling rivalry.  But if the years between them are closer, then sibling rivalry is likely to be an issue. 

How to handle the sibling rivalry depends upon your particular parenting philosophy.  The best thing is to be consistent each time the rivalry becomes an issue.

 Here are some tips on dealing with it:

1. Explain to each child how everyone is different and that each person has unique needs.
2. Explain how you love each one exactly the same and how sometimes one may need more attention (money, or whatever is causing the rivalry).
3. Realize that some rivalry is healthy competition – and as long as it’s clean and nice, it’s okay.
4. Try to be as fair and equal as you can in all circumstances.
5. Encourage them to be friends or at least to be civil and get along.

For younger children who may not understand reasoning, you may need to implement a type of punishment if the rivalry gets out of hand.  Try a time-out or isolation (in their room, sitting in the “naughty chair” or something similar).  General rule of thumb for time outs is one minute per year of age.  IE – a 3 year old would have a 3 minute time out. 

For older children, aside from explaining to them about how each person is an individual and has different needs and that you love each equally, encourage them to work through the rivalry themselves.  In the real world there is going to be competition and no one is going to hold their hands through it.  Perhaps sibling rivalry is preparation for the real world,  Teach them to handle it early on will help them to become better adults in this fiercely competitive world of ours. 

©   by Lori Ramsey of Stages in Pregnancy

SEE SHELL NEWS

Latest Article: Our Snuggle Quilts were featured in a local paper. [ Click Here ] Find out why this baby's Mommy and her friends gave a rousing THUMBS UP to the See Shell Baby Carrier [ Click Here] The See Shell Story was published in the York Daily Record [ Click Here ] See Shell Baby Products is now on Facebook!     More News

TESTIMONIALS

"[The See Shell Baby Carrier] is fabulous, everything you said it was... You have a GREAT product and we are very pleased." -- L. Massey, Terrell, TX   More Testimonials

Follow me on Twitter