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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

Adele Faber

The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
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And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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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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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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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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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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Accomplishment Alone Approval Attention Less Parent
From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

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