“I was a wonderful parent before I had children.”

The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.

No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.

The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.

Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .

And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,

You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.

And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.

Let us be different in our homes.

When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.

Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.

Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing

We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;

Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to

No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.

Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;

I would be so exhausted by my determination that I had no strength left to do the actual work.

Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

They met by accident.

The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed

As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.

The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.

There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.