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Hi there,
Thank you for all the advice you have given me re: my out of control 3.5 yo son. He’s been kicked out of the garden for hitting mum - and successfully strung together 28 days of not hitting a parent. We are starting to give him his privileges back slowly. He’s a much happier boy!
We are now wanting to sort out sibling conflict - the kids have been fighting a lot, over everything and it is driving us crazy. We want to impose “do not disturb the family peace rule” however many of the times, he does things like shouting to wake his sister up, and bothering her when she’s trying to do chores, or read. She usually tells him to get out or locks her door (which results in a lot of crying and whining). Do we punish both siblings for this? I can see how it’s not really her fault and she’s trying to handle things as best as she can. I can totally see how he tries her patience. He’s usually the whiny, tantrumy one with their fights. Very loudly too. She’s the silent one who gives underhanded jabs/revenge behaviours.
Also, recently there’s been biting involved - 6.5 yo sister bit the brother and left the skin red and peeling as she’s got so fed up of him yelling into her ear each morning (waking her up from sleep). There’s been situations involving hitting or pushing. Do we get involved when there’s physical fights like these?
Any advice on what to do?
