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[quote=Anonymous]My kids get along great but also fight on a daily basis.  I think fighting is normal but you do have to address it. otherwise, it will get out of control.

Doing the following things have helped minimize the Sibling fighting in our House:
- ALWAYS setting a good example for communicating, especially when you are angry.  That means never name calling, yelling, threatening, or hurting with words.
- taking every opportunity you can to engage in healthy back and forth conversations with your children. Modeling listening, supporting, and positive interactions that make them feel good about themselves.
- no tolerance for hitting and name calling- always call it out and put a stop to it. Have a rule that we don’t hurt people with words or anything else in this house. That goes for parents too
- taking a hard critical look at how I spoke to the children and husband and keeping my sarcasm and little digs in check. Again, role modeling positive communication, especially when “annoyed”.

I started doing all this about 2 weeks ago and I have already seen a huge difference. That all said, more unsupervised time alone together naturally leads to more fighting, especially if you have children who have spirited personalities.[/quote]

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