[Caipirabob]

If our two kids acted up in our minivan, we’d institute the “different seat rule”. We’d make one sit on the left side of the middle bench seat...the other kid would move to the right side of the back bench seat. Putting some space between them usually worked.

Ours was "We punish both of you severely no matter who is at fault". "That's not fair!"..."Life is not fair, you both lose TV for a week"...

We have the best behaved children I have witnessed and they get along amazingly well.

Rapid path to maturity: Learn fast how to work together and compromise, or suffer deprivation of "privileges".

[moovova]

I really miss those days. They grew up too fast