Look after each child’s needs
Your children need to feel that you love and value them all equally – this way, they won’t feel they have to compete for your affection and attention. You can foster these feelings by:
spending special time with each child regularly
giving plenty of hugs and smiles to everyone
trying not to compare children with each other.
It can also help if children have some special things of their own that they don’t have to share with siblings. A little bit of private space – even just a drawer that siblings can’t get into – is a good idea too.
And children will feel valued if you make it clear that it’s not OK for younger children to mess up older children’s activities, and vice versa. It can help to create space or time for children to do things without their siblings.
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