Avoiding Birthday Blowups

Time Out New York Kids April 2008 cover

You can also give siblings a special job during the festivities, as photographer, door greeter or favor distributor, suggests Janeen Hayward, a counselor with parenting consultants Swellbeing. It can help to have grandparents or a babysitter on hand to keep an eye on siblings.

"You can also give siblings a special job during the festivities, as photographer, door greeter or favor distributor, suggests Janeen Hayward, a counselor with parenting consultants Swellbeing. It can help to have grandparents or a babysitter on hand to keep an eye on siblings."