What Parents Need to Know About Sibling Abuse: Breaking the Cycle of Violence

by Vernon R. Wiehe

Is what happens in your family just normal sibling rivalry or could it be called sibling abuse? This instructive guide will help you answer this question and help you break any cycle of violence, verbal or physical. The practical suggestions in this book will protect your children now, and help them become responsible adults.

You will

How to identify abusive behaviorHow to prevent abuse in your homeHow to know when to intervene

194 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some important tidbits: "By mimicking the perpetrator's aversive or abusive behavior, parents reinforce the behavior." (Talking about setting bad examples or disciplining with spanking or similar abusive, hypocritical methods)
"Behavioral change does not occur through making fun of a child."
Parents need to be very careful with how they deal with this. Be very careful when deciding who the perpetrator really is and why they did what they did.
I could write so much but I'll leave it to the author.