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And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.

Adele Faber

We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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Anand Thakur
The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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Additional Child Children Disappointment Existence Family Hurt Less Signity
The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Anand Thakur
From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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Contain Daily Dynamite Emotional Enough Explosion Relationship Round Set Sibling
Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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Anand Thakur
We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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Anand Thakur
From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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Anand Thakur

And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.

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