Today it was the first day of Summer Holidays for the kids. They stayed at home last week with my husband due to my father’s funeral but now he is back to work and I’m jobless therefore at home.

The kids woke up at 11am and although everything was just fine at first, they soon become very active and screaming at each other. Oh boy!! I must take some rules around here otherwise I’m going nuts in no time. They keep messing with each other all the time.

I have no brothers or sisters so I don’t know how it is to have them but what other parents is that it’s common, natural that siblings compete with each other. I read an article from Kids Health that says:

About Sibling Rivalry

While many kids are lucky enough to become the best of friends with their siblings, it’s common for brothers and sisters to fight. (It’s also common for them to swing back and forth between adoring and detesting one other!)

Well, this paragraph says everything about my kids. One minute they love each other on the other minute they detest each other. I only say something when I start to see some martial arts being performed and I’m afraid they might hurt each other. Other times I just shout at them to see if they stop but usually it just works on that minute and then they start all over again.

But not everything is bad, I love to see them hugging, watching television together, helping each other, jumping and laughing together.

I’m sure the sibling rivalry is going to continue throughout adolescence, maybe it will get worse, maybe not. I just wish they can be friends for life and they support each other in good and bad times.

So, let’s see how the next days will be!

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