Creative Parenting

[Fizz]

A lot of times you have to get creative when it comes to parenting. I've mentioned probably a dozen or more times that my kids are forever fighting. We've tried different things, but my husband came up with a new one over the weekend. He tied them together to try to teach them how to work together.

[Lila42]

Oh my gosh, too funny. How did that work? My sister and I are three years apart, and when we were kids up until the time we moved out of the house, we fought constantly. She was the older one, and she could get mean. I still have scars on my arm from her scratching me. Nothing my parents did worked to get us to stop. I hope you have success. Even now, if we spend more than a day together, we will start bickering...I love her, but I can't necessarily spend a lot of time with her. And I wanted to make sure that didn't happen with mine.

[Fizz]

The kids were miserable, but it has slowed down the fighting, now they are afraid they are going to be tied together again. I'm sure the fear will wear off and if the fighting gets to the level it was, we'll just do it again.

[lcsamano]

That is a good idea. Siblings should learn to work together and not against one another. My children are always fighting as well. I might have to use this technique.

[medako]

I have a younger brother and a younger sister and they were constantly fighting as kids. I can remember them getting in trouble so much and my parents just being fed up with it. From that point on, when they would fight, they would have to sit on the couch and hug each other until they were calmed down.

Now, when I was young I had a bad habit of stomping out of the room when I would get upset. That ended the day my mom had had enough and made me stand in place and stomp to "get it out of my system". I stomped and cried for 3 hours before I finally got to quit. Trust me, I never stomped out of a room again.

[Fizz]

Medeko, your Mom sounds like a Mom after my own heart. My daughter has a sulky attitude and she does quite a lot of stomping. I am for sure going to use your Mom's technique. Wish me luck!

[medako]

good luck! I know it sure broke me of my habit. I was probably 10 or 11 when she did that and I can still remember it so vividly to this day. The trauma! *LOL*