When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERAdd to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABERDeep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
ADELE FABERFrom their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABERI was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABERKeeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
ADELE FABERTake two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABERThe whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
ADELE FABERNo wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABERThe personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
ADELE FABERThe resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
ADELE FABERLet us be different in our homes.
ADELE FABERNo wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABERThe mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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