Life with two kids: Limited options

[andrewducker]

If you take away every other possible option then Sophia and Gideon play together very nicely.

Comments

[bens_dad]

How do you remove the option of them fighting horribly :-) ?

[andrewducker]

If there isn't something for them to get upset over who gets it first then they aren't bad
If either seems to be getting even slightly prioritised over the other then it's war.

[mountainkiss]

Lock them in a room together with no toys and take in meals three times a day?

[andrewducker]

Occasionally tempting.

[mtbc]

I feel very lucky that, for my two kids with my first wife (they're still living together), and also with R.'s two kids (living with us now), everybody always gets along just fine, pretty much. Sure, my two exasperate each other sometimes but, at worst, they're still civil. I think it helps that, in both cases, at least one of them is obliging and easygoing.

[andrewducker]

They aren't *terrible*. But Gideon clearly frustrates Sophia by insisting on being younger than her. And I think life is easier when he has friends his own age.