How often do you hear one of your kids angrily saying to you ‘You’re not fair, she always goes first!’ or ‘You always let her sit in the front of the car!’, ‘You always let him play with your cell phone and not me!’. I’m sure these and other objections are quite...
Sibling rivalry can be described as conflict between children in a family supervised by adults, usually their parents, and this includes stepchildren, foster children, adopted children or any other child being brought up in a family. There is no doubt that sibling...
What is the Sibling Rivalry Paradox? What do we mean by sibling rivalry paradox when sibling rivalry is usually about arguing and fighting and disrespect amongst your siblings? The paradox is when there is a great deal of competitiveness between siblings, instead of...
Sibling rivalry is a challenge for the majority of parents who have more than one child. Parents often believe that they are fair and do not favour a particular child. In reality, this is not always the case. It is knowing how to parent in a fair and consistent manner...
‘How many times do I have to tell you to go and have a bath now?’ ‘What are all these clothes doing lying around the lounge?’ ‘I’m sick and tired of you kids fighting and being nasty to each other, now get to your room!’ Does this sound familiar to you? What a...
Well-known psychologist and author Oliver James states in the preface of his book ‘Not in your Genes’ that the latest evidence from the Human Genome Project is proving that psychological traits that run in families is not genetic. No human being is perfect and all our...
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