Saturday February 04, 2012


#186 Title:

Sibling Rivalry

Special Guest: Amy McCready of Positive Parenting Solutions, speaker, writer, parent coach, trainer and most importantly – mom.

Description: If you have more than one child at home, no matter what ages, you likely also have sibling rivalry. Although rivalry is completely normal in families, with a little work on your end, you can eliminate some of the unnecessary competition and arguing that goes on. Amy McCready, of Positive Parenting Solutions, shares solutions that will help strengthen family bonds and teach children to manage relationships.

Duration: 49:30

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Show Index:
00:27 Intro: Sibling Rivalry
02:57 Do Parents Influence Rivalry?
05:22 Labeling Our Kids
12:39 Don't Play Judge & Jury
15:16 Listener: Taking Sides
21:43 About Amy McCready
25:16 Be a Facilitator
30:12 All in the Same Boat
34:52 Listener: Sibling Competition
42:41 Listener: Ideal Space between Children
46:43 Closing Comments
48:21 Closing Track: She & Him
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About Amy McCready

Parenting expert Amy McCready is the Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions and the author of If I Have to Tell You One More Time...(Tarcher/Penguin, August 2011). She is a champion of positive parenting techniques for happier families and well-behaved kids. Her Toolbox strategies have empowered tens of thousands of parents to correct their kids' misbehaviors without nagging, reminding or yelling.

Amy reaches a worldwide audience with her Positive Parenting Solutions Online parenting course, online and print articles, live webinars, and media appearances. Amy is a frequent guest on the Today show and has also appeared on Rachael Ray, CNN, Fox & Friends, MSNBC, and elsewhere.

Amy is a sought after keynote speaker, writer, parenting coach, corporate spokesperson and trainer. In her most important role, she plays mom to boys – ages 13 and 15. She has been married to her husband, Dave, for over 20 years and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Amy at: Amy@PositiveParentingSolutions.com


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Sibling Rivalry Resources

• Taming a Tattle Tail
Thomas Haller and Chick Moorman share "uncommon tips" in this excerpt from Uncommon Parenting Radio

• Sibling Rivalry Topics
3 helpful topics: 20 Tips to Stop Quibbling Siblings and Promote Sibling Harmony,
Introducing a New Baby: 11 Smooth-Entry Tips, and How the Older Child May Feel

• The Positive Parenting Solutions Online Course
Receive a 14-day free trial which includes free access to Session 1. Covered is“birth order", something that fuels sibling rivalry. Also, check out Session 5 in the course.  It’s all about sibling rivalry and competition.  

FREE Resources

Take the free Parent Personality Survey in session 1 to learn how YOUR personality may invite power struggles! Click here.
Get free access to session 1 of Positive Parenting Solutions Online Course. Click here for a free 14-day trial.
Live Training Webinars. Examples of topics are: “Why Time Out is a Waste of Time”, “Get Kids to Listen WITHOUT Nagging, Reminding and Yelling.” and more. Click here for topics and dates.



About Positive Parenting Solutions Online Course

Learn about the state of the art Web 2.0 online course… The Positive Parenting Solutions Online Course teaches parents of toddlers through teens how to correct misbehaviors quickly and permanently by addressing the root cause of the behaviors.

Parents are empowered with a proven set of tools and a step-by-step implementation process to address the root issue so they can end power struggles for good. The focus is on solutions rather than punishment, with the ultimate of goal of raising capable, confident, respectful children. Parents consistently describe the process as “life changing.”

Here are just a few of the things you’ll learn…

• Why kids misbehave and what parents do to make it worse!
• Powerful tools to get kids to listen the first time!
• How to remove the power payoff and stop a temper tantrum in it’s tracks
• Solutions for Public Misbehavior
• How to get kids contributing more and battling less
• The No-Fail Consequence Solution
• The Sibling Rivalry Solution
• “Positive Power”: why kids MUST have it and how to give power without “giving in.”