How to deal with children's jealousy

 children's jealousy

Jealousy is one of the natural things that arises in many people, especially children, as a result of parents' excessive interest in someone else's newborn, leading them to act nervously and violently, which increases the pressure on parents.   The more complex their responsibilities become, the more necessary it is to treat children with caution, avoiding discrimination between them, in order to avoid many problems, especially excessive jealousy, and we will tell you in this article how to deal with childhood jealousy.  

Manifestations of children's jealousy

• Children's feelings of jealousy appear in the form of many artificial behaviors. Where they act with love for the newborn, kissing and hugging it, although they feel a strong desire to hit it, and it should be noted that these movements are mostly spontaneous movements, and can be intentional.  

•      The child expresses her jealousy through stubbornness and continuous crying for no apparent reason.

• Carry out some behaviors aimed at attracting the attention of others, such as: sleeping in the baby's bed, drinking milk from the bottle again, sucking a finger, talking in a childish way or staying in the mother's lap, especially when she is a child. baby.   Trying to hold the little one.

     How to deal with jealousy in children

     baby care

     Parents should not ignore the second child despite the many needs of the newborn, especially in the first year of life. Therefore, parents are advised to remind their first child how much they love him and that he should be treated in the same way as in the past. As this helps him to feel that he still plays a very important role in the family, and it should be noted that it is necessary to avoid focusing all the attention on the newborn, because this would make the first child feel that everything the parents do is for their own sake. he. . Only brother, not him.  

Encourage the child to form relationships

The child's acceptance of the presence of a newborn is increased if he had a close friend before his sibling's birth with whom he would spend time. It is also advisable to strengthen the feelings of brotherhood between the two children by reading stories that talk about the importance of siblings in the family, as well as involving the child.   in the care of the newborn asking her opinion when he is dressed; Whereas, through this method, the child will feel enthusiasm and responsibility towards his little brother, which strengthens the relationship between the two, but attention should be paid to the need to be careful so that the child does not cause harm or damage to the newborn as a  excessive interest in 

     Let the child express his love for the newborn.

Making him sing lullabies to the newborn, and tell him the stories and stories that she has heard, and let him play with him, and talk about sympathy with him kindly, and tell him that he was like this when he was young. .   , and that they were taking care of him in the same way.