Young children need guidance when learning appropriate and acceptable physical boundaries between siblings, especially for those behaviors like pinching, pushing, or even rough-housing. Many parents worry about these negative behaviors and that they could lead to stressful sibling relationships or increased or inappropriate aggressive physical actions toward others. Parents should first seek to learn about the reasons why siblings might be acting out this way, and then redirect those energies in positive activities that will benefit all siblings.
Nearly every family experiences sibling rivalry of some type as their children grow up. It’s natural for them to be competitive and do such things as tattle on one another. How parents handle it is important.
