Entry FeedWhat do you do about kids who fight?
It frustrates me so much that I want to get in the scrum and knock them all down.
It always starts out so innocently. Standing close to one another, someone's foot swinging back and forth with a little too much enthusiasm.
"Mommy! He kicked me."
What is it about siblings? Is it an expression of love? Trying out their limits with the safety of family members? Watch any litter and you see nipping, rolling wrestling. It all seems to be about developing the social order.
My Husband told me about a friend of his who faught with his brothers on the front lawn and had his mother turn the hose on them. I can't figure out if it is funny or embarassing.
So do we let them go at it and hope that no one gets injured? Is it a rite of passage that we should let them go through to learn how to work things out?
Or should we lay down the law and discipline those who step out of line?
I am confused. All I know is that I am still bigger than all of them, and could take them if I had to.