My kids have evidently entered the stage of siblinghood that everyone must go through – non-stop bickering. Everything Sam says to Kate mortally wounds her, and everything she says to him is “mean.”
They are driving me crazy.
Today’s most memorable argument was when Sam allegedly told Kate she would never be in a movie. I say allegedly, because really? He’s three. But oh my goodness, it crushed her hopes and dreams of stardom.
I should get up off the couch and go downstairs to retrieve the book I bought with good intentions but never read – “Siblings without Rivalry” – but I’d rather get feedback from you all.
How have you survived your kids’ constant bickering?
This is why I am saving my pennies for the big kids to go to a couple of weeks of day camp this summer. Because the bickering last summer about did me in. I had my eyes on HEAVEN, let’s just say. How my mom did not kill Andy and me, I will never know. She is truly a saint. Because ANDY WAS THE WORST.
Sam is cute even when he pouts. I believe that it was my MIL who used to make bickering kids kiss each other. Is that right,UP? Obviously, I had no great solutions. They do grow up and become good friends and support each other. Looking back, it may have been a bid to get parents involved and I usually played into the ploy.
So true on the kissing. We were not allowed to fight AT ALL! I was very fortunate, Shelby and Donovan never bickered, and remain very close now as adults. I, for once, have no advice on this subject, but Mrs. Dugar says that sooner or later they all just run together, and with enough Jack Daniels, it really doesn’t matter.
As to ‘self-help’ books. pfffffffffffffffft! Really!
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Oh the kissing! It was so embarrassing! Grandma Brads sure was a smart lady.
was=is, she would make me kiss someone for that one as well
Make them be quiet. It’s a lot like, “If you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all.” I just have about 5 minutes of going about their business in silence. Afterwards they are usually back to being kind to each other. If not, then another bout of silence.
I send my boys to their own rooms. After a few minutes they are begging to play with each other again. At this point I tell them, “‘fine, but if you start fighting again, you will be seperated for the rest of the day.” It usually works for a while anyway.
I don’t survive and I have no great ideas. I have 3 and they bicker constantly about drives me to the loony bin. I might start singing they are coming to take me away ha ha pretty soon.