Supporting a positive sibling relationship

My New Life

Kate Garlinge

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4.7 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Sibling rivalry is normal. The kids usually move on quickly, but it often leaves us adults unhinged. What can we do to help diffuse those tense moments, and maybe even build some mutual respect?

In the spring we shared an episode about bringing home a new baby sibling. In today’s episode, we are following up with Lovevery expert Gabrielle Felman on sibling dynamics. We look at how to handle jealousy, possessiveness, fighting, as well as best practices around intervening, modeling resolutions, and incorporating one-on-one time. Gabrielle is an Early Childhood Development Expert based in New York.

Highlights:

[1:46] When you are praising one of your children, is it necessary to compliment the other?

[5:39] What is the best way to approach having special time with each of your children? How do you manage the other child’s emotions?

[7:14] When do parents need to step in when it looks like a fight is brewing?

[9:59] How can you help your children work together to come to a resolution?

[14:25] How should parents handle children’s possessiveness over things?

[17:04] What’s the best way to explain fairness and inequality?

[19:01] What to do when your younger child wants a later bedtime like their sibling.

[20:41] What is one thing that parents can do to foster better sibling relationships?

[21:35] Jessica shares her takeaways from the conversation with Gabrielle.

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0:00.0	Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby.
0:13.8	A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life.
0:20.1	I'm Jessica Rolfe, and this is my new life,
0:24.1	a love every podcast. While the science aligns on what's healthy for a baby's brain development,
0:30.1	when it comes to how to care for our babies, there's a seemingly endless supply of competing
0:35.0	perspectives. Parents are swimming in advice on sleep, feeding,
0:39.5	and parenting philosophies. In this season of the podcast, we aim to provide a variety of curated
0:46.2	perspectives so you can make informed choices for your family.
0:54.6	Sibling rivalry is normal.
0:56.6	The kids usually move on quickly, but it often leaves us adults unhinged.
1:01.3	What can you do to help diffuse these tense moments and maybe even build some mutual respect?
1:07.0	In the spring, we shared an episode about bringing home a new baby sibling.
1:11.2	Today, we are following up with Love Every expert Gabrielle Feldman on sibling dynamics.
1:16.7	We look at how to handle jealousy, possessiveness, fighting.
1:20.8	We also discuss best practices around intervening, modeling resolutions, and incorporating one-on-one time.
1:29.2	Gabby is an early childhood development specialist based out of New York. Welcome. It's so great to have you here with us, Gabby.
1:34.0	I'm so happy to be here and to be back. So let's start with jealousy. You know, when I compliment
1:40.2	my older child about something that they're doing. Do I need to compliment or praise the other
1:45.6	child so they don't feel left out? It doesn't feel genuine, but I don't really know how to strike
1:49.5	this balance. It is such a tricky balance. I often use a phrase to parents to think about that
1:56.3	fair is not everything being equal. Fair is giving each child what they need in that moment of time
2:03.7	and needs shift. So there's going to be one child that may need a bit more encouragement,
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