Keep the Siblings Lose the Rivalry: 10 Steps to Turn Your Kids Into Teammates Paperback - 2003

First line

elanie was a fourteen-year-old girl whose relationship with her ten-year-old sister, Heidi, had been growing in parched, dry rela ground for several years. In a counseling session one day, I asked Melanie about her relationship with her sister.

From the rear cover

For most of us, dreams of family harmony and cooperation often give way to the reality of squabbling and fighting between siblings. In Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry, Dr. Todd Cartmell explodes the myth that parents must sit passively by while sibling conflict runs rampant. Based on solid biblical principles and sibling research, Cartmell provides a ten-step plan that will help you enrich your family soil, plant the seeds of sibling relational skills, and provide an environment that will encourage respectful sibling relationships. Cartmell includes fifteen 'ready-to-use' Family Time Discussion Guides and creates powerful object lessons using common household objects such as stinky socks, post-it notes, tennis balls, and tasty treats. With role-plays, Scripture references, and interactive discussion questions, each Family Time Discussion Guide will bring you closer together as a family and improve your children's skills at handling sibling conflict in a respectful way. Practical, down-to-earth, and leavened with Cartmell's dry humor, Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry will equip you to handle the most difficult sibling challenges.

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• Christian Home & School, 10/01/2003, Page 31