My boys fight with each other every day. In fact, the role I play the most in my home is as a referee. Recently, one of my sons was aggravating the other and he responded back by hitting. “Mom!” I heard from the kitchen. I came in to see what happened. My oldest was crying because he was hurt. The youngest was hiding under his covers.

I talked to them separately. “Do you love your brother?” “Of course!” my youngest exclaims, offended that I asked. “When you hit him, you are not showing him that you love him.”

I talked to the oldest. I point out to him that he was provoking his brother. I tell him his behavior was not showing love toward his brother. “But he shouldn’t have hit me!” he responded.

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