Thursday, June 2, 2011

"One-on-On​e Time" Can Reduce Sibling Rivalry

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by Rebecca & Rich Kammerer

“One-On-One with Your Child”

When we were expecting our twins, we reminisced about our own childhoods.
To be sure, we had fun “family” memories of dinners, holidays and some “regular”
events that seem special when looking back (e.g., Friday at-home family movie
night). However, we also remembered many special memories when we had one
parent’s attention all to ourselves. So before our children were born, we
committed to the idea of parent-child days/activities (ie., daddy/daughter,
mommy/daughter).


With twins, we were particularly sensitive about developing each child as
an individual, getting to know them for who they are, not just for being
twins/siblings. One-on-one time fosters this relationship building between
parent and child (whether you have one child or 10).


According to child development researchers…
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