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From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.

Adele Faber

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

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

Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Let us be different in our homes.
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
ADELE FABER

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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur

From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.

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