My kids often fight. One is upset because another took a toy. The other is upset because another one shoved him or her. It goes on and on. When I was a kid my brother and I fought a lot. So how do we parents handle our kids fighting with one another? What I normally do is tell them that we, their parents, will die one day, and then they will have to work it out on their own. So what I do is tell them to sit down on the couch, or in the grass if it is outside on a walk, and hold hands. Then I tell them they have to work it out. Sometimes I tell them they have a time limit.
Sometimes one of the kids in particular may be telling the other how wrong they were (without admitting any wrong). It is at this point that I often tell them that they must not do it that way. We do not have this perfected at all. Sometimes the "work it out" session turns into a crying session that lasts a long long time. Sometimes it is because it is late. Sometimes it is because feelings have been deeply hurt. Sometimes it is both.
Working it out is something that a husband and a wife also have to do. So a great time to learn this skill is with your brother or sister. Working it out is at its basic form saying, "I was wrong. I am sorry. Will you forgive me?"
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