I am interested in hearing how other parents deal with fights and squabbles between siblings. I have three DCs under the age of 6 and the oldest two (both DDs) are permanently arguing. They will snatch things, shout at each other, they get jealous with each other (eg if someone is supposedly getting more attention from mummy or daddy) and they seem totally unable to play nicely together for longer than about 10 minutes. My immediate reaction is to intervene when I hear a disagreement brewing but, to be honest, they argue so frequently that if I spent my life calmly and diplomatically refereeing every single argument I would have no time to make dinner, wash clothes, go to the toilet etc etc! So I have taken to either ignoring a lot of the more minor squabbles, or separating them by sending one of the DDs to their bedroom. This tactic is clearly not working, though, as they still seem to argue.
I would love to hear from other parents as to how they deal with arguments. Any ideas.....?