March 29, 2022

SIBLING CONFLICT AND RELATIONSHIPS

42 minutes

As a mom to eight children, Lynna has lots of practical experience dealing with sibling relationships. In this podcast, she explains how to manage conflicts between brothers and sisters with her acronym SWIM.

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Sibling Relationship Lab

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QUOTABLES

Lynna: "My mantra is a good homeschool schedule has a shelf life of about three months and it decreases proportionate to the age of your youngest child. So the younger the little ones are the faster schedule will expire and need to be redone because somebody that was napping isn't napping anymore. And somebody that was wearing diapers is now potty training and that's like a fourth subject that you're teaching."

Lynna: "...all the problems that you run into in homeschooling are 5% academic and 95% parenting on steroids."

TIMESTAMPS

04:22 Lynna's own homeschool journey

06:45 The advantage of having a large family: You figure things out faster since your survival depends on it!

09:05 Homeschooling is really just intense parenting.

10:24 The origin of the Sibling Relationship Lab.

15:33 The fear of making mistakes as a parent.

18:08 Generic parenting advice only goes so far. Ultimately it comes down to knowing your own children.

19:15 See sibling conflict as an opportunity to teach instead of an interruption to our homeschool!

22:35 Teaching kids to be good siblings to one another means you'll be repeating the same lessons over and over again.

26:15 What difference do these tools make?

30:41 Always start from the foundation of a solid family relationship.

31:30 Not every situation is a learning opportunity. Sometimes you just make executive decisions to get things done.

33:37 Dealing with big emotions.

36:08 Lynna's advice to her younger self.

SPECIAL SEGMENTS

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