Well if you are raising siblings you know there is going to be fighting, screaming, and chasing and …
Interestingly the family consultant who held the parent’s night at our preschool was mentioning that fighting is OK.
As per her advice, if there is no blood involved let them fight and figure it out themselves. Don’t give them any kind of attention, negative or positive. Let them know you know of the situation calmly and tell them you are in the other room doing your thing. They are just looking for attention and when they see they can’t get that with fighting, they will stop sooner or later. Make sure to listen and watch them secretly if you can, to prevent any damages. Of course, you have to stop them if you see they are hurting each other.
The other option is that to tell them because you have to protect your ears they have to fight outside. Take their hands and let them in the deck or yard to fight. They will just stop, I tried this 
It is amazing, since I started to leave them alone and not getting in the middle to fix things they have a better relationship. They fight and cry but they have more fun moments compare to before.
She also mentioned that if you have to discipline any of them don’t do it when they are in the middle of fight. Let them to cool down, and them calmly explain, or use other subtle similar situations. In the middle of the fight they are fired up and won’t listen to anything you say, positive or negative.
Well it’s an on going battle, I guess they will be fine if we are.
Until later,
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