I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABERThe whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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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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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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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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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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