Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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Anand Thakur
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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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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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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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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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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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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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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