Do all comments to a blog need to be in favor of the writer? Why would an insulted writer's comments be removed? Why would an insulted writers email be disabled from this blog? Are you only suppose to write encouraging and supportive words to the author, always making the author's view the only view. There are always 2 sides to any story. It's not enough to be kind enough to accept another child into your home so a family can start living as one. It takes time, patience, understanding, compassion, and much more discipline for the adult and not the 4 year old. Both children in a family need to become one (kind of like 2 step families becoming one). If one child reacts in a way in which they find they are successful in getting what they want, is it not common for the other child to pick up on that and behave the same? Maybe this child is not getting equal attention as the younger child. Do you not think the older child will not act out in order to gain some attention. Read books, go to group counseling (or is the author so knowledgeable it's not needed), Has the author ever raised a child of a young age? I don't believe so. About this sledding incident...some children need to watch, observe, analyze before taking a step. Were negative words dished out to make the child feel they just had to do it? Let the child grow with what he is accustomed to. Give him a chance.
