Dear LK: My kids are enemies. What should I do?

Life Kit

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🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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A sister relentlessly picks on her brother despite their mom's best attempt to make peace between them. Psychologist Becky Kennedy shares advice with a parent who feels out of ideas — and patience.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message come from the Walton Family Foundation, working to create access to opportunity for people and communities by tackling tough social and environmental problems.
0:11.9	More information is at walton family foundation.org.
0:16.2	Today on the show, my daughter picks on her younger brother relentlessly. Now my son demands time away from her.
0:23.0	How can I fix this? Dear Life Kit. Dear Life Kit. Dear Life Kit. I have a question for you.
0:30.0	This is Dear Life Kit from NPR. How can I become a better caretaker? How do I deal with my
0:35.9	parents' unrealistic expectations?
0:38.3	And we're getting personal.
0:40.9	I'm catching feelings for someone, but they're married.
0:45.3	I'm your host, Andy Tagle.
0:47.1	Every episode, we answer one of your most pressing and intimate anonymous questions with expert advice.
0:52.5	Sibling stuff is so real.
0:54.5	It's so hard.
0:56.5	That's today's expert Becky Kennedy, better known as Dr. Becky.
1:00.6	Becky is a clinical psychologist, mom of three, and founder of Good Inside, a book and parenting
1:06.0	approach that helps equip parents with new ways of seeing and solving challenges in their home.
1:10.8	I'm looking forward to what she's got in her toolbox for this serious case of sibling rivalry we've got coming up.
1:16.5	Stay tuned.
1:19.2	Support for NPR and the following message come from the Walton Family Foundation,
1:24.0	working to create access to opportunity for people and communities by tackling tough social and environmental problems.
1:30.8	More information is at walton family foundation.org.
1:35.6	Becky, today's question is about sibling trauma. Do you have any siblings?
1:39.7	I do. I have an older brother and a younger sister. So I'm a middle.
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