296. Sibling Fighting: What's Tolerable, What's Acceptable and What's Our Solutions?

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Abby and Amy

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Is sibling fighting driving you up the wall lately? You’re not alone—and this episode is straight from the heart of our community’s requests. In this conversation, we're diving into real-life strategies to help parents navigate sibling conflicts with more confidence and less chaos. First things first: sibling fighting is normal! In fact, sibling relationships are the training ground for learning how to navigate friendships, handle conflict, and set boundaries. The goal isn’t to eliminate figh...

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0:00.0	And I think especially when our kids are young and there's an older one and a younger one,
0:05.9	we often want to step in right away, say who's right, stop the fighting, do everything.
0:14.3	We are not meant to be the referee.
0:20.4	I'm Amy.
0:22.1	And I'm Abby.
0:23.6	And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.
0:27.7	But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.
0:31.1	Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow
0:35.8	with a purpose.
0:36.5	We get vulnerable and real with an honest
0:39.5	look into the challenges and triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the opportunity
0:44.9	to choose what life looks like for herself. Today we're back with another episode and it is going to be all about sibling fighting.
0:57.8	This is something that the community requested.
1:00.8	It's something that we have a lot of experience with.
1:03.4	It's something that really kicks up in the summer.
1:06.0	So we thought that it would be the perfect time for this episode.
1:10.3	We also want to start by saying that
1:12.7	sibling fighting is very, very normal. Like when I was really worried about this, I started doing
1:19.0	some reading and some podcast listening and just understanding it at a deeper level. And the
1:24.8	truth of the matter is siblings are where we learn to have relationships.
1:30.9	So siblings are going to teach you how to be a good friend, how you don't want to be treated.
1:36.1	Like you get a lot of what you learn from your siblings. So just a level set that the goal of what you're doing in parenting and also what we're going to
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