Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify 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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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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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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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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We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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