Oshkosh Public Library

Siblings without rivalry, how to help your children live together so you can live too, Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-251) and index

index present

non fiction

Siblings without rivalry

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Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

how to help your children live together so you can live too

Already best-selling authors with How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish turned their minds to the battle of the siblings. Parents themselves, they were determined to figure out how to help their children get along. The result was Siblings Without Rivalry. This wise, groundbreaking book gives parents the practical tools they need to cope with conflict, encourage cooperation, reduce competition, and make it possible for children to experience the joys of their special relationship. With humor and understanding?much gained from raising their own children?Faber and Mazlish explain how and when to intervene in fights, provide suggestions on how to help children channel their hostility into creative outlets, and demonstrate how to treat children unequally and still be fair. Updated to incorporate fresh thoughts after years of conducting workshops for parents and professionals, this edition also includes a new afterword

Brothers and sisters : past and present -- Not till the bad feelings come out -- The perils of comparisons -- Equal is less -- Siblings in roles -- When the kids fight -- Making peace with the past -- Brothers and sisters, after all -- Additional reading that may be helpful -- For further study