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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

Adele Faber

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
Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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Anand Thakur
And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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Anand Thakur
From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
ADELE FABER

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
Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

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