Best Book on Raising Siblings

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	• Siblings Without Rivalry/How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish Quill, 1988 - 219 pages average customer review:based on 68 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This book is a must read

All the information in the book is indispensible in my opinion, assuming you want to raise healthy, loving children.

For me, the most telling information came out of quotes from adults expressing their own feelings about their siblings. My kids are 2 and 4. I have caught myself many times saying or doing something that those adults said irrevocably ruined their relationships with their siblings or their parents. It made me really think about why my brother and I dislike each other (something I just accepted before) and realized my parent's attitudes and actions greatly affected our relationship and clearly caused most of the friction between us. I'm sure they did what they felt was best, but now I know better.

I absolutely recommend this book to everyone with children. Even if they've gotten to the teenage years, there's information there...use it!

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Simple steps to use

I just read this book and have put it on my husbands nightstand to read (that way we are both on the same page). It took me about 3 days to read (I have 2 small children so reading is a nightime ocurrance) and I have already implemented quite a few strategies. My husband has taken my lead and even though he hasn't read the book he too has used some of the ideas. The results have been great. Our kids (3 and 8) are pretty good together and in that area we are blessed but there are moments that the ideas in this book have been great diffusers. Just acknowleging the boys and their feelings has stopped situations from escalating and it allows us to stay out of the discussion and stay impartial. The biggest thing for me is...I have learned to pause before responding because I want to think about the impact of what I want to say and how it may affect my child. Just reading the book and seeing the childs point of view and that of the other participants in the book has given me such a greater understanding of how my words can stay with my child for a lifetime.

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sensible and compassionate

This book offers sensible and compassionate advice for diffusing sibling conflict and minimizing resentment. Like the authors' earlier book, "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen," it's written in an easy-to-use format, with cartoon dialogs and summaries to highlight key points. The comments from adults reflecting on the impact of their own experiences growing up with siblings were quite poignant. Sibling relationships are often the longest relationships of our lives. This book is an excellent resource within in-depth descriptions of what parents can do to help sibling relationships be strong and peaceful.

---Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, author of
'WHAT ABOUT ME?
Twelve Ways to Get Your Parents' Attention
Without Hitting Your Sister'
(for children ages 3-8)

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I got incredble results!

What a superb book! I didn't think I'd ever find a way to keep my 2- and 3-year old children from bickering, throwing toys at each other, and whining. I always despaired that my son (the firstborn) had a powerful and intense personality, whereas his younger sister was shy and timid, and couldn't stand up for herself. After reading this book, I realized the importance of staying away from labels like "intense" and "shy", and that put me off to a great start! I quickly learned that, given the chance, my "shy and timid" daughter had every ability to defend herself. I've been using the techniques in this book for less than a week and I'm already seeing a very noticable difference in my children's behavior.

Here are some specific reasons why I recommend this book:

* EASY TO UNDERSTAND
Each chapter comes with a series of "comics" designed to reinforce the lessons given. Seeing the tactics used in real situations helped me see exactly how to use the tactics, and why they worked.

* EMPATHETIC TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN
I have never read a parenting book that is so in-tune to the needs of children without spoiling them. By helping me see things from a child's point of view, Adele Faber illustrates many important points (such as why labeling children can be very harmful).

* RICH WITH EXAMPLES
Adele Faber wrote this book based on a parenting course she taught. She uses real-life examples and describes how her techniques worked for many different kinds of families (e.g. parents of three teenaged girls, parents of a newborn and a preschooler, etc.).

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Best Book on Raising Siblings

I've read many books on raising siblings, and this one is by far the best one. If you'd like practical, sensible advice coupled with compassion and a "you are there" perspective, this is your book. Next best thing only to actually attending one of the authors' workshops I imagine.

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