Ep. 5: Promoting Peace in Our Homes (Constant Sibling Fighting Doesn't Have to Be the Norm!)

M Is for Mama Podcast

Abbie Halberstadt

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

One of the biggest stresses of motherhood is sibling fighting. I know from personal experience how frustrating it is to have a home full of strife and bickering. But we are not helpless! Scripture has given us an arsenal of tools to combat our oh-so-human tendencies to squabble and try to get our own way at the expense of peace in our homes. In this episode, we talk about a Christian's response to our culture's assumption that "constant fighting is inevitable" as well as some very practical steps we can take to create a culture of *more* calm and camaraderie in our homes.

I mention our family's Penny Reward System as a resource.

I also have two whole chapters on promoting sibling love + positive/negative media influences in the M Is for Mama book (available most places books are sold).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the MS-Mama Podcast. I'm your host Abby Halberstadt, happy wife,
0:10.1	Mama to 10 Bible Believing Christian.
0:12.8	On today's show, we're going to talk about something
0:14.7	that I get asked about pretty much every single week
0:17.4	on my Q&A on Instagram that I do call,
0:19.6	What Do You Want to Know Wednesday?
0:21.2	And that is, how do you deal with the constant fighting in your home?
0:27.1	I get asked this question so many times from so many desperate mamas who are just
0:32.2	yearning to have a pat answer, a quick fix, a complete solution,
0:38.4	and I am here to tell you today that it is not that easy.
0:42.6	When it comes to bickering, when it comes to conflict,
0:45.9	when it comes to disagreements,
0:48.1	when it comes to literal physical altercations
0:51.1	between our children, it is a long-haul commitment to teaching them the elements and the principles of
0:58.4	scripture that will help them to learn how to resolve all of those things, both with their siblings and with other people
1:04.8	that they encounter in their futures going forward. And so I like to start with a
1:10.5	phrase that my wise friend Jody Mockaby, you can find her on
1:14.8	Instagram and other social media and she is a great source of wisdom for homeschooling
1:19.2	and motherhood and Christian womanhood in general and I find her to be very down to earth and very realistic and not fluffy at all.
1:27.9	And so I love her straightforward phrase that goes like this. Start as you mean to go on. What I mean by that and what
1:36.8	she means by that is if you have a goal in mind in this case we're talking
1:41.8	about minimizing or even eradicating if at all possible as much as we possibly can.
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