From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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Anand Thakur
From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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 FABERAnd it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABERThe mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
ADELE FABEROur job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABERI was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABERNo one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
ADELE FABERWe deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABERFrom their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABERContent in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABERAdd to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABERWe put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABERComforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
ADELE FABERFrom their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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