How to Stop Step Brothers From Fighting
- 1). Give each brother their own private bedroom. Putting stepbrothers in the same room is too much of an adjustment for the boys to make so soon after blending the family and robs them of their own personal space, which likely will lead to more fights.
- 2). Enforce universal discipline. If the stepbrothers start fighting, take video games or the television away from both of them. This way neither your step- nor biological children will feel singled out and it will remove the sense of being a "loser" or "winner" from the fight.
- 3). Reward good behavior. If you see your stepsons and biological sons doing anything peacefully together, reward their behavior with something like a pizza or movie, or an extra half hour of television.
- 4). Start having a family day once a week to show the boys that in this blended family, regardless of what they think, they do have similar interests that overlap and they can enjoy activities together.
- 5). Encourage boys in the family to verbalize their feelings at all times and not keep feelings bottled up or act out in other ways. Let all your sons have an open door to come talk to you at all times.
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