Siblings

So Will had a meltdown this morning because Kira was holding one of his stuffed animals. He is used to being an only child for the first 5 years of his life and now at age 6 is finally having to learn about sharing. So Kira is walking around the living room holding Will's Big Dog by the tail and Will starts crying about how she has his Big Dog.

I want to get him to calm himself down and ask politely for assistance instead of freaking out over the issue. My plan is to get the dog from Kira and not actually make him share Big Dog first thing in the morning when he's only been awake for 2 minutes and isn't stable yet. I just don't want him freaking out and crying instantly. I want him to remain calm and ask for help. I have no idea what is appropriate behavior for his age but I'm thinking a bit more emotional stability couldn't hurt.

He moves onto a chair and is having a "poor me" moment and then before anything else can happen...Miss Kira heads over to Will and starts hugging and snuggling with him. She has no idea that he's upset with her. She has no idea it's about Big Dog whose tail she is still holding. She just sees her 6 year old brother freaking out and crying and she - at 15 months - instantly goes over to snuggle with and hug him!

Isn't that amazing?! Amazing!

So then Will decides that he's going to go get some toy out of his room to give to her since she was being sweet to him in his time of need and now he wants to return the favor.

No parenting needed. They just worked it out. Love it!