I have been using timeout. I have made them sit and hold hands. I have yelled, I have not yelled. They still fight. Help!!
2007-06-09 16:10:15 · 5 answers · asked by TM 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Lots of the time kids fight because they are competing for attention. Try and spend a little time with each girl separately, even if it's just taking her with you grocery shopping. Make both feel special in their own way. Give them some time apart - I know this is hard, but try. I think that the biggest problem is that they spend too much time together, so try and separate them. And because they are so close in age, they may feel like they have to compete for attention, so treat them both differently and highlight their differences (the positive ones), without pitting them against each other (they both have to know that they are special in your heart and not the same as their sister). This is what works in my experience. Good luck!
2007-06-09 16:24:55 · answer #1 · answered by Skyla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I'm a daughter of 4 children, and i have a 2yrs old brother, and a 5yrs old brother and a 6yrs old sister, it's totally normal for siblings to fight and just let them know you are in control and what goes, goes most important thing is to be firm with them, but remember to love them, and yelling is not the answer, i really hope it helps!!!!!!!! yeah try to separate them and give them time apart, also try doing little activities with them, make sure they know that they can have time alone with parents and that kind of thing u know!let them know that bad behavior doesn't need attention, and just try to find some time apart with each one.......other than that timeouts are good way to discipline tho!
2007-06-09 23:29:04 · answer #2 · answered by nonexistant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My girls were also 2 yrs apart kid's have away of fighting with each other but they will always stand up for one another if someone else try's to hurt the other one mine use to get mad at each other and would tell the other one i hate you i would get on them and tell them never say you hate them you never know when something could take them away from each other. and i alos take and tell my 4 and 5 yr old grand sons the same thing and also when they hit the other one i make them say im sorry for what they did and to hug them and say they love them it help's
2007-06-09 23:21:31 · answer #3 · answered by sleepyhead and babykins 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really should just let them work it out with themselves, as long as neither one of them are doing anything that causes bodily harm. Your brother and sister are the people you really learn to have relationships with and problem solving skills. You getting in the way is just going to teach them you are going to solve all their problems for them
2007-06-09 23:18:06 · answer #4 · answered by kila537 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Four and six year olds fighting? Very common. Please check out this website. There is so much information here that I am sure something was written just to help you and your family. Good Luck!
www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/sibling_rivalry.html - 28k
2007-06-09 23:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by THE SINGER 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋