Let us be different in our homes.
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Anand Thakur
Let us be different in our homes.
ADELE FABERFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABERNo one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
ADELE FABERDeep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
ADELE FABERTake two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABERFrom the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERAnd once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABEROur job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABERFrom their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
ADELE FABERThe whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
ADELE FABERThe resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABERThe personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
ADELE FABERWe have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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