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When Sibling Storms Collide: Keeping Calm When One Child’s Upset Sparks Another

When Sibling Storms Collide: Keeping Calm When One Child’s Upset Sparks Another

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 This episode is for parents who watch one child’s meltdown pull the rest of the house into chaos. I name the moment—when an outburst becomes a family-wide storm—and normalise the helplessness parents feel. The core idea: sibling escalation is a predictable ripple that you can interrupt by shifting attention, sequencing your responses, and using tiny, dignified interventions that protect relationship and limits. I teach three accessible steps parents can use in the first two minutes: (1) a fast safety sweep and single-sentence limit, (2) a split-attention strategy that models calm for the triggered sibling, and (3) a short repair script for after the heat. Each step includes toddler, school-age and teen adaptations, plus a simple nightly micro-reflection parents can use to track what helps. The episode closes with compassionate reassurance and a short subscribe CTA so listeners can build these tools without pressure.
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