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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.

Adele Faber

We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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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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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.

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