The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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Anand Thakur
The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABERFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABERFrom their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABERNo wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABERI was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABERLess time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
ADELE FABERFrom their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
ADELE FABERAdd to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABERAnd it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERWe have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABERAnd once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABERContent in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABERNo wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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