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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.

Adele Faber

No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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Anand Thakur
Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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Anand Thakur
The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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Additional Child Children Disappointment Existence Family Hurt Less Signity
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Anand Thakur
You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
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Anand Thakur
Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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Anand Thakur
From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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Anand Thakur
From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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Contain Daily Dynamite Emotional Enough Explosion Relationship Round Set Sibling
I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
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Anand Thakur
Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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Accomplishment Alone Approval Attention Less Parent
Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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Anand Thakur
The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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Anand Thakur
The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABER

Best Children Fiercely First Struggle

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