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

Adele Faber

Let us be different in our homes.
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Anand Thakur
Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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Anand Thakur
We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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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
We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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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
I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Anand Thakur
No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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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
The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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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
Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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
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
From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur

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

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