No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
ADELE FABERNo one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
ADELE FABERLet us be different in our homes.
ADELE FABERI was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABERTake two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABERThe resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
ADELE FABERWe put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABERThe personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
ADELE FABERWe have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABERWhen we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABERAnd once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABERWe deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABERFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABERLess time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
ADELE FABERAdd to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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