I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Anand Thakur
I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABERI was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABERFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABERThe personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
ADELE FABERNo wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABERLet us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
ADELE FABERContent in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABEROur job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABERThe resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
ADELE FABERNo wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABERWe have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABERFrom their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERNo one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
ADELE FABERTake two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABERAdd to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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