Parents with 2 or more toddler kids, how do you discourage jealousy among your children?

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children understand us parents bettr than we understand them. they notice each emotion that passes thru us, so let's say one of kids comes first in a race and other child comes third...the other child will watch your reaction and response very closely. he will notice if u r happy for the first child or feeling pity for him. that way he will start to create a mindset. so it's up to us parents to first remove any bias we may have in our minds. remove the competitive spirit we have even when it involves competing with other kids. make it a routine that each one will say I love you to all every night. encourage them to turn to each other for help..like I tell my younger son if he has a friend issue in school to talk to his elder brother about it. my elder one listen to his issue and tries to help him out. only when they feel they can't come up with a solution do they discuss with my husband and me....

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