Well, I'm finding that my children have been bickering during just about every car ride this past week. They stop pretty quickly after I point out what they are doing, but it sure sounds awful when they're doing it.
What seems to work to get them to stop is when give them a choice: they can either continue bickering and I'll pull the car over and we won't go where we were going, or they can stop arguing, respect each other, and sit nicely in the car.
Luckily, the latter always works! I have never had to pull the car over and go home. My kids are 19 months apart, and I've had so many people gasp when I tell them that and say "it must be so hard for you!" Actually, quite the opposite is true. My kids get along very well together. Even when they were much younger they played well together. In some ways I think I may have it a little easier than parents with children spaced further apart, because my kids have a little more in common with each other. They definitely like to play with different toys. My son is all boy, and my daughter is very girly. But for the most part (aside from those car rides lately) they are respectful of each other and treat each other well.
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