A roll of the dice ends sibling sniping

A roll of the dice ends sibling sniping—eventually......

A roll of the dice ends sibling sniping—eventually......

Quarreling between siblings is a problem that many parents face. A column from The Wall Street Journal told of one mother’s solution: Her daughter and stepdaughter both 10 years old constantly bickered and insulted each other. One day she handed the two girls a pair of dice and told them that the number they rolled would be the number of compliments they had to give each other. At first the results were good. “I like the shirt you’re wearing today,” said one sister. “I like when you’re here on weekends.”
But quickly things took a turn for the worse when one daughter said, “I like it when you’re not here.”

The mother immediately set a new rule: Now the girls had to double the number of compliments they gave each other. By the end of the exercise, harmony had been achieved and the fights ended