Siblings Without Rivalry; How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2008. Later printing. Trade paperback. Fair. xvii, [3], 249, [1] pages. Cover has wear and soiling. Some moisture staining. Illustrations. Also includes Additional Reading that may be helpful, as well as an index. Chapters include How This Book Came to Be, and Authors' Note, as well as Brothers and Sisters--Past and Present; Not Till the Bad Feelings Come Out...; The Perils of Comparisons; Equal is Less; Siblings in Roles; Freeing Children to Change; No More Problem Children; When the Kids Fight--How to Intervene Helpfully, How to Step In So We Can Step Out; and Making Peace with the Past. Afterword for the New Edition: Coping With Young Rivals; Home Alone; More Ways to Encourage Good Feelings Between Brothers and Sisters. Adele Faber (born January 12, 1928) is an American author. She writes books about parenting and families and is an expert on communication between adults and children. Elaine Mazlish (31 March 1925 - 31 October 2017) was an American author, parent educator who wrote about helping parents and teachers to communicate better with children. She also arranged various workshops based on the teachings in her books. Mazlish received a degree in theater arts from New York University. Before spending full time raising her three children she taught and developed drama programs for children in settlement houses in New York City.
This book guides the way to family peace and tranquillity with humor and compassion. Illustrated, action-oriented, and easy to understand, it is packed with sensitive yet sensible ways to turn quarreling siblings and frustrated parents into an open, communicative family. Already best-selling authors with How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish turned their minds to the battle of the siblings. Parents themselves, they were determined to figure out how to help their children get along. The result was Siblings Without Rivalry. This wise, groundbreaking book gives parents the practical tools they need to cope with conflict, encourage cooperation, reduce competition, and make it possible for children to experience the joys of their special relationship. With humor and understanding-much gained from raising their own children-Faber and Mazlish explain how and when to intervene in fights, provide suggestions on how to help children channel their hostility into creative outlets, and demonstrate how to treat children unequally and still be fair.