Joanna Fortune: My daughters are constantly arguing with each other 

Around adolescence, children increasingly pull away from their family as their primary hub of emotional and social development, and lean more on peers. This phase does not mean parents should also pull back — we need to be visible and available to our teenage children
Joanna Fortune: My daughters are constantly arguing with each other 

Sibling arguments... "It doesn't take much to set them off. It breaks my heart to see them behave this way. The last time they fought, they refused to talk to each other for a week. I know it's probably related to their hormone changes, but the tension is wearing me down."

My two daughters were very close to each other during their childhood. Now at 12 and 14, they argue a lot. It doesn’t take much to set them off. It breaks my heart to see them behave this way. The last time they fought, they refused to talk to each other for a week. I know it may be related to hormone changes, but the tension is wearing me down.

Siblings are our first experience of both a friend and an enemy — but hold in mind that the sibling relationship is typically the longest relationship we will have throughout our lives. 

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