TIA for any ideas ..
Ds1 (7) and ds2 (4) play nicely most of the time together, but if they disagree on anything ds1 immediately says "well I'm not playing with you then", and just gets on with something by himself. Ds2 dissolves into sobs because, unlike ds1, he seems unable to play on his own, and NEEDS ds1 / someone else - if I suggest playing by himself he doesn't want to, and will end up giving in to ds1 just to get him to play..
I'm worried how its affecting them both - ds1 becoming an autocrat and ds2 becoming a pushover. Obviously neither good for friendships.
WWYD? Punish? Which ds? I also have baby so can't always easily play with ds2 to make up for it, and anyway it won't solve the problem of poor play behaviours ... Thanks for any ideas!
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Ds1 won't play with ds2 unless he gets his own way. Cue tears from ds2 - how to handle this?!
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GinAndaDashOfLime · 23/07/2013 16:03
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