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organisations
Parentline Plus
Helpline: 0808 800 2222 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 783 6783
Tel: 020 7284 5500
E-mail: contact@parentlineplus.org.uk
Website: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Offers support to anyone parenting or helping to raise children, from newborn babies to young adults. There are free telephone and email helplines, parenting courses and information leaflets. The website offers lots of advice, real-life stories and relevant news as well as a helpful A-Z of related topics, such as sibling rivalry, coping with change and summer holidays.
Homestart
2 Salisbury Road
Leicester LE1 7QR
Freephone National Information Line: 08000 68 63 68
E-mail: info@home-start.org.uk
Website: www.home-start.org.uk
Home-Start offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in local communities throughout the UK. Its volunteers are almost all parents themselves and are there to lend an understanding ear to a range of parent's concerns, such as depression, raising contented children and coping with teenagers.
websites
Avoiding Sibling Rivalry
www.babycentre.co.uk/refcap/553839.html
Comprehensive advice for parents of newborn children and parents to be, including articles on the causes of sibling rivalry and how to try and avoid it, such as by ensuring your toddler doesn't feel left out.
Second Time Around
www.handbag.com
Useful tips for parents about to have their second child, with advice on how to handle the issue of sibling rivalry.
Sibling Rivalry
http://gnfc.org.uk/sib_rivl.html
This article from the Christian Good News Family Centre considers the long-term difficulties that can arise from leaving sibling rivalry unchecked and offers some tips and advice for handling it in a positive way.
Living With Your Teenager: Dealing with sibling rivalry
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/pipeline/teen-6w.htm
This article from North Dakota State University in the US provides an explanation of how teenagers can express sibling rivalry and sets out methods you can employ to deal with their behaviour.
reading
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Sibling Rivalry, Sibling Love: What every brother and sister needs their parents to knowby Jan Parker and Jan Stimpson (Hodder and Stoughton 2002) |
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Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (Piccadilly Press, 1999) |
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