2dc, one is 6yo, the other 8yo.
Until now they have bickered a bit but nothing major. However, for a weeks now, everything turns into a fight.
dc1 is bossy to say the least, always telling dc2 what he should do, how to do it etc... Doesn't want to let go of anything (p[hycically and metaphorically).
dc2 used to let a lot of things to go astray but has found a new assertiveness which means that he will not accept anything coming from his db unless it actually suits him perfectly. Because he also knows that dc1 has taken advantage in the past, he now screams before anything happens - just in case.
It is getting a big issue. I do spend quote a bit of tiem trying to help them finding solutions together but I am getting short of patience now.
It is also destroying any time we can spend together as a family. We were at the park this pm, playing football and rugby. Instead of the one hour laughing and playing that we normally have, I've had 2 hrumpy children and we came back home after half an hour.
Any idea of what to do to help both of them melow a bit? I was thinking of some sort of house rules perhaps like rules on how to 'borrow' the other possession and rules about behaving well (like not being bossy). Ho does it sound and do you have a better idea?