Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABERThe personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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