Resolving Sibling Conflict:: Summer of Mentorship Wk 1

<p class="p1">"They just keep fighting!"</p> <p class="p1">Summer, for us, means lots of unstructured time together as a family. Which is great. . . until it's not.</p> <p class="p1">Perhaps you can identify. Maybe you see yourself in one of the following situations:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p><strong>Situation #1 -</strong> The kids are fighting - again! The harder you try to make it stop, the worse it seems to get - and the kids seem more and more resentful.</p> </div> <div> <p><strong>Situation #2 -</strong> One minute they love each other and the next minute they’re arch enemies. The older they get the louder and angrier it gets. You hate the way this affects everyone’s mood, including your own.</p> </div> <div> <p><strong>Situation #3 -</strong> Time-outs, required apologies, and firmness temporarily curb the fighting, but it soon comes back with more intensity.</p> </div> <div><strong>Situation #4 -</strong> Your young kids are beginning their rivalry and you worry where it’s heading if you don’t learn some better strategies.  (copied from <a href= "http://godcenteredmom.com/siblings">Sibling Conflict Online Course</a> description).</div> </blockquote> <p class="p1">Jim & Lynne Jackson from <a href= "http://connectedfamilies.org/">ConnectedFamilies.org</a> are back to equip us in training our children to solve conflict well. And instead of just wishing they would "just stop fighting", to recognize the gospel work of guiding our family to reconciliation.</p> <p>Jim & Lynne have been on the show before sharing their fabulous 4-layer framework for discipline that connects (Listen here to <a href= "https://dontmomalone.com/2015/07/13/help-your-child-feel-safe-loved-jim-lynne-jackson-ep-80/"> Episode 80</a> & <a href= "https://dontmomalone.com/2015/07/20/how-to-connect-coach-correct-your-child-jim-lynne-jackson-ep-81/"> 81</a>). And again helping connect in any situation (<a href= "https://dontmomalone.com/2015/11/30/connecting-with-your-kids-in-any-circumstance-jim-lynne-jackson-ep-98/">Ep 98</a>).</p> <p>Today,