From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
ADELE FABERI was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
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We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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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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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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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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