Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Ever feel like a referee in a long-running civil war? Sibling rivalry is not some sort of evolutionary mistake says
clinical psychologist Linda Blair. Instead of imagining a battlefield, parents need to see sibling relationships as the best natural training ground for healthy social, emotional and cognitive development.
In her fifth book Siblings, Telegraph columnist Linda turns sibling rivalry on its head offering parents a practical positive approach to bringing up children and teenagers and understanding the relationships into adulthood.
With 35 years of experience working with families and using solid clinical research, Linda says instead of trying to eliminate the natural rivalry or strive for an unrealistic idyll of a calm and a non-confrontational household, parents should use sibling interactions to build emotional intelligence and good social skills. Instead of worrying about the arguments, children can be helped to learn to solve the issues that arise.
Our relationships with our siblings are almost certainly the most enduring relationships any of us will ever have. Throughout our lifetimes friends and partners may come and go but no one can divorce a sibling.
Sibling relationships are forges and developed during the formative years, the time when the brain is developing rapidly, so their effect is profound and becomes deeply embedded in our personality. Such long-lasting, intimate relationships deserve close attention, and they should be used to advantage. They certainly should't be regarded as something to fear, minimise, or avoid.
Synopsis
Your guide to positive parenting and how to handle sibling rivalry and jealousy. Here is the essential parenting book which will guide you to calmer, easier, happier parenting and help you raise siblings without rivalry.
Clinical psychologist Linda Blair takes a positive approach to this subject - instead of trying to eliminate the natural
rivalry that occurs or striving for an unrealistic idyll of a calm,
non-confrontational household, she teaches parents how to use sibling interactions to build emotional intelligence and good social skills. Through a framework of core principles, Linda guides you through potential issues towards parenting without power struggles and raising happy children.
Find out how to: Manage the powerful effect of the age gap and birth orderDeal with disagreements and stop arguments
Synopsis
Siblings - your guide to positive parenting and how to
handle sibling rivalry and jealousy. Here is the essential parenting book which
will guide you to calmer, easier, happier parenting and help you raise siblings
without rivalry.
Clinical psychologist Linda Blair takes a
positive approach to this subject - instead of trying to eliminate the natural
rivalry that occurs or striving for an unrealistic idyll of a calm,
non-confrontational household, she teaches parents how to use sibling
interactions to build emotional intelligence and good social skills. Through a
framework of core principles, Linda guides you through potential issues towards
parenting without power struggles and raising happy children.
Find out how to:
- Manage the
powerful effect of the age gap and birth order
- Deal with
disagreements and stop arguments
- Alleviate
competition and jealousy
- Encourage
communication and cooperation
- How to introduce
step-siblings
- Set your children
up for strong, lifelong relationships
font-family: arial, sans-serif;color: #333333=>Siblings turns sibling rivalry on its head offering parents a
practical positive approach to bringing up children and teenagers and
understanding the relationships into adulthood. This
essential guide to positive parenting will show you how to handle sibling
rivalry to create lifelong loving bonds.
font-family: arial, sans-serif;color: #333333;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold=>'The
parenting handbook I've been looking for - this book is long overdue'
font-family: arial, sans-serif;color: #333333=>Victoria Harper,
The
Telegraph
font-family: arial, sans-serif;color: #333333=>
font-family: arial, sans-serif;color: #333333;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold=>'I love
this book. It's essential reading for siblings and for anyone who has to deal
with siblings.'
font-family: arial, sans-serif;color: #333333=>Cathy Rentzenbrink,
The Last Act of Love