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Mom, make him stop

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Fern Weis

 

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My brother is four years younger than I am.  There’s nothing more annoying to a young girl than an energetic, pesky, younger brother.  (I love you, bro!)  Parents are equally annoyed at having to run interference.  How many times did I hear my mother say to him (after all my complaining), “If I hear your name one more time…”

I talk a lot about stepping aside.  This is another opportunity to practice this skill:  whenever possible, let siblings work out their differences, no matter how much it makes you want to scream.  They learn more about relationships, problem-solving and communication when you stay out of it.

 

Quotable quotes:

“It snowed last year, too:  I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.”  – Dylan Thomas

“Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring, quite often the hard way.”  Pamela Dugdale

 

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