Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

Adele Faber · Elaine Mazlish

Apr 2012 · W. W. Norton & Company

About this ebook

The #1 New York Times best-selling guide to reducing hostility and generating goodwill between siblings. Already best-selling authors with How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish turned their minds to the battle of the siblings. Parents themselves, they were determined to figure out how to help their children get along. The result was Siblings Without Rivalry. This wise, groundbreaking book gives parents the practical tools they need to cope with conflict, encourage cooperation, reduce competition, and make it possible for children to experience the joys of their special relationship. With humor and understanding—much gained from raising their own children—Faber and Mazlish explain how and when to intervene in fights, provide suggestions on how to help children channel their hostility into creative outlets, and demonstrate how to treat children unequally and still be fair. Updated to incorporate fresh thoughts after years of conducting workshops for parents and professionals, this edition also includes a new afterword.

Ratings and reviews

I really liked the book. Very practical, easy to read and follow. Can apply advice right away. I liked reading other people's stories and how they handled different situations. I would gladly recommend this book to other parents.

I read a lot of parenting books and did not care for the style of this one. Too many stories and experiences from people the authors worked with. I prefer books that present the problem and then resolutions. It didn't feel like expert advice.

About the author

Adele Faber, whose books on communication between adults and children have been translated into more than thirty languages, is the award-winning author of the best-selling How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk.

Elaine Mazlish, whose books on communication between adults and children have been translated into more than thirty languages, is the award-winning author of the best-selling How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk.