Dealing with sibling rivalry

Gioconda Aviles, Mom and Court Reporter, shares advice for parents on how she deals with her children's sibling rivalry when her boys fight
Sibling Rivalry Tips | How To Deal With Your Kids Fighting Each Other
KidsInTheHouse the Ultimate Parenting Resource
Kids in the House Tour

Dealing with sibling rivalry

Comment
51
Like
51
Transcription: 
The way that I dealt with sibling rivalry was to accept it. It’s going to happen and you keep them as safe as possible. You realize that siblings have the first intimate relationship with each other and they need to work that out so they can have successful relationships with other people. If you don’t allow, they don’t learn how to do it. And sometimes when my boys were little, they’d be fighting and pulling hair, I would throw them in the backyard, shut the door and say, “Call me if there’s blood and I’ll call 911.” Usually, it defuses the situation, because if nobody’s watching, they’re not so interested in strangling each other.

Gioconda Aviles, Mom and Court Reporter, shares advice for parents on how she deals with her children's sibling rivalry when her boys fight

Transcript

Expert Bio

More from Expert

Gioconda Aviles

Mom & Court Certified Spanish Interpreter

Gioconda Aviles, 45, is a mother of six: Four boys, ages 23, 21,19, and 17 from her first marriage, and twin girls, ages 2 ½, from her second. She had her first child at 22 and her last two at 42. She is a Certified Court Spanish Interpreter who has operated her own interpreting agency for the last 24 years. She loves being a mom - it is the best and most challenging thing she has ever done.

Gioconda enjoy cooking, Pilates, dancing, hiking, making new friends and having new experiences.

More Parenting Videos from Gioconda Aviles >
Enter your email to
download & subscribe
to our newsletter