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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,

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

Anand Thakur
I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
ADELE FABER

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

Accomplishment Alone Approval Attention Less Parent
Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
ADELE FABER

Additional Child Children Disappointment Existence Family Hurt Less Signity
We put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur

And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,

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