And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERFrom the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
More Adele Faber Quotes
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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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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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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