If ever you had two or three children who are all toddlers at the same time, you can relate to my friend Heather. She almost couldn't keep up to a decent conversation since her sons (3 and 2 respectively) are always noisy and she would be hearing them yelling and screaming all the time, if she was in her room, the intercom would always remind her of her mischievous young boys.
These are Heather's usual lines, "Christopher and Paul, please stop fighting." "Hey guys, you are brothers, you need to be polite to each other." "Please don't hit each other, or else, Mommy will get mad, got it?"
There was a big change in their lives a month later.
Heather got a brown, stray dog. She wasn't even sure of what its breed is, or where it really came from. She just picked it up from the street since she took pity on the dog. The she prayed and blessed the dog, saying "Oh God, please use this dog to cause a great change on how my little boys treated each other. I will give it a week, if it won't work out, then the dog will have to be in a pet shelter."
Upon arriving home, she immediately gave the dog a bath and when it was all dried up, she introduced the dog to the kids. She told her kids that they would have to treat each other better since they would now be taking care of their new pet together. Christopher was assigned to help Heather groom the dog while Paul was assigned to help Heather feed the dog. It turned out that the boys ended up their daily habit of ruining each other's toys and stuff always since their focus was shifted from each other to their new responsibility.
Heather's method worked since she had an element of surprise there - she just suddenly took home a dog.
Heather was very honest. She told her sons that less fighting among them had to take place to ensure that their new pet would be taken care of very well.
The attention of her kids were diverted from playing with each other into something more meaningful. They became more conscious on how they should be better pet owners and they enjoyed playing with their dog together too.
3) The sibling rivalry cooled off and sharing developed because they had a go-between - the dog was the object of their giving and receiving but, in fact, they were learning to give and take from each other.
These are Heather's usual lines, "Christopher and Paul, please stop fighting." "Hey guys, you are brothers, you need to be polite to each other." "Please don't hit each other, or else, Mommy will get mad, got it?"
There was a big change in their lives a month later.
Heather got a brown, stray dog. She wasn't even sure of what its breed is, or where it really came from. She just picked it up from the street since she took pity on the dog. The she prayed and blessed the dog, saying "Oh God, please use this dog to cause a great change on how my little boys treated each other. I will give it a week, if it won't work out, then the dog will have to be in a pet shelter."
Upon arriving home, she immediately gave the dog a bath and when it was all dried up, she introduced the dog to the kids. She told her kids that they would have to treat each other better since they would now be taking care of their new pet together. Christopher was assigned to help Heather groom the dog while Paul was assigned to help Heather feed the dog. It turned out that the boys ended up their daily habit of ruining each other's toys and stuff always since their focus was shifted from each other to their new responsibility.
Heather's method worked since she had an element of surprise there - she just suddenly took home a dog.
Heather was very honest. She told her sons that less fighting among them had to take place to ensure that their new pet would be taken care of very well.
The attention of her kids were diverted from playing with each other into something more meaningful. They became more conscious on how they should be better pet owners and they enjoyed playing with their dog together too.
3) The sibling rivalry cooled off and sharing developed because they had a go-between - the dog was the object of their giving and receiving but, in fact, they were learning to give and take from each other.
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