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(2) Kight G.  p. 15

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Faber A, Mazlish E.  Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together so You Can Live Too.  New York ; Avon Books; 1999.

Goldenthal P.  Beyond Sibling Rivalry:  How to Help Your Children Become Cooperative, Caring and Compassionate.  New York: Henry Holt and Co.; 2000.

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Written and compiled by Kyla Boyse, R.N.  Reviewed by faculty and staff at the University of Michigan

Updated April 2008

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