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Having lots of kids can be a lot of fun, but it also can mean a lot of drama.

I'm John Fuller along with Danny Ware to and Danny I remember a time when it wasn't too long ago.

I took my youngest son for a walk and his three older sisters came along with us and they started arguing the girls did about a boyfriend a supposed boyfriend and oh you like him on a but you never admitted it and I did not and on and on it went so

Zane and I just decided to kind of go up ahead of them and we got home and by the time the girls

got home they had figured it out. In fact, they had resolved things so satisfactorily that they decided

to do some girl wrestling right there in the front yard for neighbors to see and people

drive them by. It was all in good fun, I think, but the drama's never ending. I mean, it's just always something, and I couldn't even tell if the fun was dramatic or not. I mean, this is a problem. That's part of what

happens right girl wrestling John that's an interesting thing sort of

everybody. I just said they kind of throw my hands up and say sorry to anybody

that drove by.

And I'm sure any parent has that kind of story or something similar.

Well, we're going to hear from Jesse Manassie and she has some really good perspectives on how

teens interact with their younger siblings. I don't recall

her saying anything in this conversation with Jim Daly though about girl

wrestling. Jesse in your

book, in your book, you have some great advice for teens

about their role as the older or younger sibling.

Now, the sibling rivalry thing, I don't know if you guys are seeing that,

but I mean, I see it.

And especially if their sizes, I've got a big first born and a you know a modest second born and those two go at it all the time and that's normal but speak to that sibling rivalry and what older

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