SOLVED

Issue solved.

Negative sometimes overly, L-O-U-d speaking to one another.

Before you judge just try to understand that... Me (the wife) was trying to help...(with the children)... you know the routine...teaching them how to go inside their little minds and create a more peaceful atmosphere in the home regardless of what others do or say to them. And well...this solution worked like a charm! In about three seconds!

Life has never been so good.

Fill a squirt bottle with what my kids would call the most repulsive, abominate, horrific, revolting, foul, vile source of liquid ever know to man.

It will make your child think before speaking (never uttering a negative word again).

It's filled with apple cider vinegar and not just any old brand (the others aren't powerful enough) It's BRAGGS apple cider vinegar.

One squirt (with a rule to wait 5 min. before swishing mouth out with water) will instantly shift the way your kids communicate to each other. A miracle indeed!

Let me give an example...

Family eats dinner on back patio. After dinner its time for clean-up. Oldest brother is asked to sweep the floor (if outside that means use leaf blower).

Youngest brother is asked to wipe down outside table. He agrees.

While youngest brother is happily wiping down table, oldest brother comes around the corner with leaf blower on full blast. Me (mother) is watching from the kitchen window and predicts exactly what is about to happen.

Suddenly an extreme blast of air hits younger brother in face causing not only a new hair do but an immediate change of face expression (not caused by blower). Younger brother explodes in anger. Older brother is laughing his head off! Me (mom) is still watching from the window, making eye contact with oldest brother appearing to be very upset with his choice of actions but trying to keep the shoulders very still from swallowing down the giggle.

Middle brother and youngest sister also watching from kitchen window laughing hysterically and calling out "now that was a good one!" which sends youngest brother into an even bigger rage.

Youngest brother tells oldest brother exactly what he thinks of him.

Unfortunately... me (mom) over hears and calls younger brother into the house to open his mouth wide and await the dreaded squirt. Explaining that although oldest brothers actions were uncalled for he could have handled the situation in a much more mature way.

So, How do you suppose younger brother(and the rest of the clan) respond when faced with sibling challenges?