Sibling Rivalry - Indianapolis,IN

What are the house rules? If you don't have them.......you need to. On top of that, there needs to be consequences for not abiding by them. They need to be talked about, read thru and a list or lists posted in your house.

I am in the same boat with my 3 year old twin boys. They fight every 30 seconds it seems. Their fights are over sharing toys. I take away the toy they are fighting over and they go to the next item to fight over. After dealing with it for a while we go for a car drive. I think kids need their separation time from each other, but it is hard to do that when they are so small.

I am looking forward to hearing some advice. Good luck to you!

My grandmother had 2 boys who used to fight. The key was, anytime they fought, they both got in trouble. She made it clear she didn't care who started it, who bit, etc. It takes two is all she would say and take away the toy or just punish both.
If you are willing to commit to this, they will start finding ways to work it out. My dad and uncle were very close growing up and took great care of each other.

Good luck.

My 6 year old boy and 5 year old girl fight like cats and dogs. Nothing seems to work. Separating them or punishing them seemed to have no affect. I finally put them both in a room and told them they couldn't come out until they got along. They played beautifully together for about half an hour before some perceived injustice arose. It's not a solution, but it feels like a baby step. Hopefully some more of that and they fight less often.

Hate to say it, but this is normal. But I would put a stop to the biting, pulling hair ect... Explain to them that not getting along is okay, hurting is not. My two oldest boys got to the point they couldn't keep their hands off one another (11 and 7). I finally made them hold hands untill they could agree to be nice. They haven't done it again, it's been 4 days. So maybe it worked. Good luck