Helping Siblings Get Along

Siblings 101: Top Ten Tips to Help Siblings Get Along

All siblings will fight, but there's a lot parents can do to help kids get along better and appreciate each other more and become friends for life.

Parenting Siblings - Videos

If you have more than one child, you'll have some sibling rivalry. These 4 videos show you how to help your children stop fighting and start connecting.

10 Tips to Foster a Sweet Sibling Relationship From the Start

Welcoming a new baby? Here are ten ideas to foster a terrific relationship between your children, right from the start -- even if you're sleep deprived!

Why Kids Bicker and How To Help Them Stop

It's normal for siblings to have conflict and disagree. Here's how to coach your kids to learn how to resolve their arguments before they escalate.

Teaching Kids To Share

We all want our children to be generous. But that isn't what they learn from forced sharing. Try self-regulated turns, which also strengthens sibling bonds.

How To Intervene In a Sibling Fight

Your guidance can help them develop more impulse control. They're both furious, but you can help them breathe through their rage and put it into words. Here's how.

Should you make your child apologize?

Forcing children to apologize may be teaching all the wrong lessons. Here's what to do instead.

Bickering in the Backseat: How to Cope on the Way to School

Here's how to turn the tide when the tone gets tense in your car. If you address the reason kids are bickering, you can stop the fight before it starts.

3 Tools To Dissolve Sibling Jealousy

Every child is bound to have some complicated feelings about their siblings. Here's your magic wand to minimize rivalry and sibling jealousy.

7 Powerful Ways to Help Kids Develop Social Intelligence Skills Every Day

Next time there's a problem between your children, you don't need to sigh and wish it wasn't happening. You can welcome it as a teachable moment!

12 Tips to Build a Stronger Sibling Bond

Here are 12 tips to help you foster a stronger sibling bond between your children by creating more positive interactions.

Can You Prevent Sibling Fighting?

Conflict is a part of every human relationship, and kids learn from fighting. But you can reduce fighting, and make the fighting that does occur more civil. Here's how.

When Your Older Child Hits the Little One: A Script

Did your toddler or preschooler just hit their little sibling? Of course you see red! Here's your script to intervene -- and prevent a recurrence!

Why Kids Hit Younger Siblings, and How To Help Them Stop

Emotions drive behavior, including sibling hitting. Here's how to create a safe space for your child to clear out those painful emotions, so love has a chance to grow.

Helping Siblings Communicate Instead of Fight

Research shows that when we let siblings "work it out" without guidance, the more powerful child wins, which reinforces bullying behavior. There's a better way.

When Your Toddler Grabs from the Baby

Compulsive grabbing isn't good for the baby, or the older child. Here's when to intervene, and how.

How to Help Each Child with Big Emotions

The hardest part of having more than one child is those times when they both need you at once. After all, your love may be unlimited, but you only have two hands. Here's your gameplan.

Staying Calm When One Child Hurts the Other

Most parents say that when one child hurts another, it’s the hardest time for them to self-regulate. The truth is, the reason you “lose it” is that you feel powerless and the rage makes you feel better.

Everybody's got a hungry heart, especially when siblings are involved.

If you want to change the behavior, help the child with the needs or emotions driving the behavior. Kids "act out" when they have big feelings they can't put into words.

How To Stop Your Toddler From Hitting Older Siblings

Sometimes it's the younger child, often a toddler, who initiates the brawling. Six reasons toddlers are aggressive with older siblings....and how to solve them.

Preventing Middle Child Syndrome

Studies have found that middle children are often less close to their parents and struggle with the "identity crisis" of not having a specific role in the family.

Supporting Your Oldest Child 

How can you give your oldest child the support she needs to thrive?

Supporting Your Youngest Child

Younger sibs may idolize their older sibs and get demoralized trying to keep up. Here's how to empower your younger child to have a voice and speak up.

Siblings Downloadable eBook

Craft a "sibling book" for a positive outlook on their bond. The provided Word template makes customization easy—alter the story, words, and images to suit your preferences. Download it here.

Sibling Transition Downloadable eBook