I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Anand Thakur
I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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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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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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