The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
ADELE FABERNo one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
More Adele Faber Quotes
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
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We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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