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Celebrate What's Unique And Special About Each
By celebrating who your kids really are, and what's special and unique about each, you teach your children to celebrate each other as well. You're all on the same team!
Teach Your Kids To Have Each Other's Backs
If siblings know that they can always count on each other, and that they should always stand up for each other, they'll have a lifelong bond that can't be broken. You're all on the same team.
Don't Make Everything Between Siblings Exactly Fair All The Time
Children need different things at different times. So as long as your children know things will be fair over time, you don't have to strive to make every moment of their life fair. From this, your kids will learn that their needs will always be taken care of, and they won't resent their siblings for having theirs taken care of as well.
Recognize Each Child's Strengths
By recognizing what each child is good at without placing a value on that skill as better than another, you teach your children that what they're good at is just as valuable as what their sibling is.
Don't Be Afraid To Let Your Kids Shine
Sometimes, one sibling is going to excel, stand out or win an award. Don't diminish that just because his or her siblings aren't sharing the spotlight. If you show your kids you don't love one more than the others for winning an award, they won't resent the one whose turn it is to shine. They'll celebrate along side you.
Let Each Child Follow His Or Her Individual Path
Children don't fit into a cookie cutter mold, which means not all children will want to follow the same path. Allow children to be themselves and follow their own particular interests. That way, you won't diminish the others, who may resent being compared to the others or rebel after being forced to be like his or her siblings.
