My daughter loves having sleep overs at the house and I love having sleep overs too, it’s fun to have girl time. Usually sleep overs really involve my daughter shutting herself into her bedroom with her friend or friends so that her brothers can not interfere with her sleep over.
You see my five year old son loves my daughter’s friends and he feels so left out when they shut him out of the bedroom. I am trying to teach him that this is his sisters sleep over and her friends, that they will gladly hang with him for a little bit but they want to do the girl thing. My son does not get this. My son just gets hurt and angry that he is being left out.
I guess I am not sure what to do in this situation? What would you do or what do you do if found in similar situation?
Wow, this sounds SO familiar! I have 2 girls (ages 13 and 10) and a boy (age 8). The BEST way I have found is to allow the ones not having a sleepover to have their own friend over for part of the time or to plan a special activity for them to do on their own. All in all, there are always going to be some hurt feelings somewhere–this is unfortunately just part of growing up. It is important for our kids to learn to be happy for their siblings when they get to have fun, but this is not something that comes easily or quickly.
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We haven’t really reached this stage yet, but when we do I think since the one child will be playing with their friends that it would be a great opportunity to have one-on-one time with the other child. Bake something together, play a game, read books, do a craft or art project, have a movie night… lots of options. Basically find something that you can do together that is special while the other kids are having their own fun.
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RT @brandyellen: How do you Handle Sibling Rivarly At Sleep Overs? http://t.co/WFhEIDOT