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

Adele Faber

From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Anand Thakur
No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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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
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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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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Contain Daily Dynamite Emotional Enough Explosion Relationship Round Set Sibling
And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABER

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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
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

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