No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
More Adele Faber Quotes
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The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
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The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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Let us be different in our homes.
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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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