- Dos
• Allow children to vent negative feelings.
• Encourage children to develop solutions.
• Anticipate problem situations.
• Foster individuality in each child.
• Spend time with children individually.
• Compliment children when they are playing together.
• Tell children about the conflicts you had with your siblings when you
were children.
• Define acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
Don’ts
• Take sides.
• Serve as a referee.
• Foster rivalry.
• Use derogatory names.
• Permit physical or verbal abuse between siblings.
Dr. Jayaprakash
Superintendent, ICH.
Institute of Child Health.
Gov. Medical College Kottayam.
Kerala, India.