alliances Tag

Remember the saying, “two’s company, three’s a crowd?” The saying focusing on the observation many parents have made about how well two children can get along and how quickly cooperation and sharing can evaporate and the twosome becomes a threesome: one child is usually left out. A two-person partnership can work well for a long period of time. Problems can emerge, though, if one partner develops a close working alliance or affiliation with an outside party. Whether it be three children or three adults, a three-person relationship can be difficult to manage.