We all have a hated rival, someone who we’d like to crush into the dirt, someone we’d love to claim victory over once and for all. Rivalries, though, by definition, don’t lend themselves to happy outcomes like that. Rivalries pit two people of similar abilities against each other, thereby creating a see saw competition. [...]
Every conflict between my boys has something to do with a material thing, some physical object. Thankfully I’m not alone in my parental frustration. It turns out that 75% of sibling conflict stems from disagreements over objects (Dr. Laurie Kramer, University of Illinois). The traditional notion that conflict arises out of competition for parental [...]
Charles Bronson’s character (Harmonica) made it his life goal to avenge his brother’s death. How much do we value our brothers and sisters? This much? What would you do for a brother or sister? How much, when we really think about it, do we appreciate our siblings? How close are we? I have a [...]
I‘ve learned over the course of the last few years to never suppress my enthusiasm for anything my kids accomplish, and to try my best to treat each kid differently based on each ones personality and strengths. There was a time though that I found myself, on occasion, being subdued in my accolades for fear [...]
