Tonight with your 5 to 8 year old

The prompt

“If you could set one limit on sibling teasing, what would it be?”

What to listen for

If they name something specific (no teasing about looks, no teasing when someone's already upset), that shows real, thoughtful understanding of where teasing crosses from funny into hurtful. Take their answer seriously, it's likely based on something that actually happened and stung.

If their limit sounds like it's mostly about protecting themselves, that's completely fair and worth honoring; if it's about protecting a sibling too, that shows growing empathy beyond their own experience.

If they say "I don't know," ask about the last time teasing didn't feel funny anymore, and build the rule from that real moment.

What this tells you

The limit they'd set on teasing usually traces back to a specific moment that actually hurt and hasn't fully been addressed.