Siblings

03.14.13

Helping Siblings Share a Room

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Sharing a room with a sibling can bring up all sorts of conflict! Dr. Roni Leiderman shares tips and insights on how to keep the peace while sharing space.

03.07.13

Bringing Home a New Sibling

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A new baby can bring about a tidal wave of questions and concerns from the older siblings. If you’re searching for help during this often difficult transition, look no further – this comprehensive interview with Rachel Stein, LCSW, is loaded with tips and guidance.

03.07.13

How to Create a New Sibling Chart – VIDEO

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Bringing home a new baby is a huge change for the family, especially for the child that suddenly becomes an older sibling. How can parents work together with children to prepare for the arrival of a new sibling? Watch this fun video of TMC CEO and Founder Abbie Schiller and her daughter creating a “New Siblings Chart” to help ease this big transition.

01.03.13

Join our “Motherboard” To Get Your Questions Answered!

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Get YOUR parenting questions answered by our league of amazing experts. Read on to see some of the Motherboard questions we’ve already answered and write your own question in the comments so we can get on it!

11.01.12

Empowering the Younger Sibling

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Younger brothers and sisters can feel so small and incompetent around their older siblings who seem magically powerful with their endless capabilities. Dr. Laura Markham shares some tips to help our younger children accept who they are right now.

09.27.12

Get Your Parenting Questions Answered: Join Our “Motherboard!”

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Got questions? We’ve got a team of renowned experts to help with all your parenting problems! Just tell us your needs and we’ll get on it.

03.29.12

What is “Fair” for Siblings?

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Ever feel like no matter how “fair” you are with your kids, they’re never satisfied? Is it possible to make siblings feel equal? Nancy Samalin, author of “Loving Each One Best: A Caring and Practical Approach to Raising Siblings” helps parents deal with those inevitable sibling inequalities.

04.28.11

Sibling Rivalry

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How can we nurture sibling love despite sibling rivalry? The estimable Dr. Joshua D. Sparrow, MD, child psychiatrist, helps parents work it all out.

09.17.10

Making Room for Baby

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New baby is coming! How can we help prepare our children for the imminent household revolution? Dr. Debra Lobato, PhD, lends us her words of sibling wisdom.