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[quote=Anonymous]I have 2 DDs, ages 12 and 8. They absolutely hate each other. Cannot be in the same room together without erupting. DD2 jumps around and sings and generally acts like an 8-year-old, and DD1 is not only thoroughly annoyed by any sound or movement from her sister, but also firmly believes that DD2 is purposely trying to annoy her. No amount of telling DD1 "she is not trying to annoy you, she is acting like a normal 8-year-old, you did the same things at her age, etc." seems to sink in. So DD1 yells at DD2 to shut up and/or tries to "discipline" DD2 by taking a toy away. For her part, DD2 freaks out whenever DD1 comes near her, accuses DD1 of things she didn't do, and refuses to stop doing the things that annoy DD1 (singing, jumping, etc.).

I'm sick of policing their relationship. I'm sick of all the yelling and drama. I'm sick of not being able to have a family dinner without someone losing their shit and being sent to their room (usually one of the kids  :P ).

My brother and I had the same age gap and I'm pretty sure we hated each other just as much, but we got over it when I was somewhere between 12 and 14 (I was the older sibling). So I'm hoping my kids will also get over it soon. In the meantime, I'm looking for success stories of siblings who went from mutual hatred to, at the very least, mutual tolerance. If you somehow made your kids get along with awesome parenting techniques, please share! I honestly don't know whether it's better to try and force family togetherness or just accept that my kids can't be around each other much right now.

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