The book, Siblings Without Rivalry, goes in depth
about sibling conflict.
Not exact matches
Even though millennials feel more open to things like pre-marital sex and same - sex marriage than their older
siblings and parents and grandparents, they still feel
conflicted about abortion.»
And while I of course don't believe that kids should experience the level of
conflict my
siblings and I lived, I now know that a big part of condition setting as a parent is being honest
about your full range of emotions.
Allowing your older children to attend the natural birth of their
sibling is a very personal decision, and one
about which there are
conflicting opinions both ways.
Early on in Jack and Jill, Mexican television star Eugenio Derbez, playing Sandler's landscaper, carries around an unopened bottle of Coca - Cola for no reason whatsoever, but that's only the tip of the iceberg in a movie that's just as much
about commercials and product placement as it is
about its ostensible,
sibling -
conflict premise.
One hundred four 10 - to 15 - year - olds (mean age 11.7 years) completed questionnaires assessing the quality of their relationship with their closest
sibling, and were interviewed
about a recent, specific
conflict with that
sibling.
Mother — child reminiscing
about everyday negative experiences, such as
sibling conflicts or lost toys, indicates that the ways in which mothers discuss these kinds of negative events with their young children is related to children's developing understanding of emotion.
Isolating an event or even a feeling can help
siblings begin to communicate
about conflict, ultimately leading to a resolution.
What was once a ride of excitement and anticipation erupts into bitter
conflicts about moving homes, changing schools, losing friends, shifting visitation schedules, add step -
siblings, and confusion over family roles and responsibilities.
The study confirmed the finding that the environment not shared by
siblings was by far the largest (in many cases, the sole) nongenetic contributor to the adolescents» behavior and adjustment, but it eliminated all of the following as possible sources of nonshared environmental influence: «differential marital
conflict about the adolescent versus the sib, differential parenting toward
siblings, and asymmetrical relationships the sibs construct with each other» (Reiss, 2000, p. 407).
In addition,
conflicts may spring up between
siblings about their parents» aging, such as when it is time for more in - home care, assisted living, or which
sibling is responsible for what aspects of a parent's care.
Peer problems may also emerge if children are distressed
about other changes in their lives, such as a reaction to parental
conflict or the birth of a
sibling.
In my practice as I work with blended families, I hear
about so many
conflicts that come from the generation of the grandparents, or even from the
siblings or the in - laws.
Self - report data
about marital
conflict, parent - child hostility and adolescents» adjustment were obtained from 114
sibling pairs (mean ages = 14 and 16 years) and their parents.
Dozens come into my office complaining
about tantrums,
sibling conflict, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and other challenges.
Contemporaneous and longitudinal associations of
sibling conflict with family relationship assessments and family discussions
about sibling problems.