From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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Anand Thakur
From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
ADELE FABERTake two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABERKeeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
ADELE FABERThe personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
ADELE FABERThe mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
ADELE FABERWhen we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABERAnd it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABERWe have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABERWe deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABERThe resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
ADELE FABERWe put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABERLet us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
ADELE FABERDeep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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