Brainwashing Your Kids Into Being Best Friends?

Growing up my brother, sister & I had some knock-down drag-out gnarly flights… so now that I have two little ones I am verrrrry interested in how to mitigate that ahead of time.

It seems sibling rivalry is not only normalized but it’s perceived as inevitable and beyond evolutionary control.

Most advice out there isn’t really even on how to navigate it while they’re children but primarily hoping “when you get older you’ll grow out of it and end up being best friends, just wait!”

But what about those 20+ years in-between when they seem to be at each other’s throats??

I brought in someone who is an expert on this subject in my eyes - I have seen my cousins play together, stick up for one another, and truly call each other their best friends - so when I asked my aunt @mariacoleman “how did you do that??” a few years ago I was shocked by her answer…

“Oh, I brainwashed them into loving each other”

😏

Tune into the episode to hear what she means by that.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices