Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry

Jan 8–9, 2009 - comments: 2

Today on the broadcast our special guest is Dr. Todd Cartmell, a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with children and families, a seminar speaker and an author of three books on parenting. One of his books is titled Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry.

Nothing can sap our energy, wear us down, or rob us of the joy of parenting quite like raging sibling rivalry. Today’s guest has bravely addressed taming this beast in his book Keep the Siblings, Lose the Rivalry. As you might guess from the title, he writes with humor and insight, a practical, down-to-earth, “how-to” book to help parents deal with the roots and the remedies of sibling rivalry. He joins us today to offer help and hope to beleaguered parents.

What makes Dr. Todd Cartmell’s book so relevant is that he understands the role God intended for the family to play. The family is God’s classroom, the place where all the important life lessons are taught or caught, where living together skills are to be modeled and young minds are molded in preparation for adulthood. If we want to equip our children to successfully meet the challenges of the world that awaits them, and carry God’s message to that lost and needy world, we have to “get it right” at home in our own families. There is no higher calling on earth than to lead a family God’s way.

topic(s): Family, Parenting

2 comments

1 On Jan 8th, 2009, at 3:57pm, Kathryn A. Eward wrote:

as a school principal, I see that many parents have difficulty with this problem -with the result being that the parent does not maiantain the self control and positive interactions that would benefit the child and stregthen the family.  The parental reactions shortcircuits the learning process for the child and negatively impacts the child’s environment.

Please send transcript.

Kathy

2 On Jan 9th, 2009, at 6:02pm, Rosezetta F. Russell wrote:

On Jan.8th,3-4pm today the subject about “Sibling Rivalry”, well I’m having some problems with my granchildren. I listen to your program and I LOVED how you brought out about settling their differences. I teaches Sunday School,3rd &4th;grade and I find that even there I have little competion between my students.And so I do sometimes give them a little debate to settle it. Please send me transcripts and all programs for handling child

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