A few months ago, I read a tip in an online parenting community about how to strengthen sibling relationships and thought it was such a smart and simple idea…
The conversation was initially about how important it is to spend time 1:1 with each of our children every day (this part I was familiar with). Connection before correction especially when things feel particularly challenging (oh, like NOW for example??).
But THEN it went on to discuss the idea for siblings to also have their daily, special connection time with each other as well.
We’ve been doing this a bit with Henry and Dot, and Edie and Dot and it’s been really sweet to see what activities they come up with together. I’ve been pleasantly surprised how thoughtful they can be about what the other would want to do.
A couple tips:
1. It can be part of their daily routine, and they can take turns deciding what to do.
2. Keep these 1:1 siblings dates SHORT and SWEET (like 10 minutes??). And move them on to something else before they start fighting or arguing so they can build up a good memory of positive interactions with each other. Especially for particularly conflictual relationships.
3. Try to keep out of their way and let them solve disagreements on their own.
This is something which I am going follow in my life to have a good relation with my sibling. I loved all the points and the tips are amazing.
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Regards,
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