Let us be different in our homes.
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Anand Thakur
Let us be different in our homes.
ADELE FABERWe have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABERThe personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
ADELE FABERNo wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABERWhen we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABERKeeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
ADELE FABERComforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
ADELE FABEROur job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABERAnd it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABERI was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABERFrom the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
ADELE FABERFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABERThe mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
ADELE FABERThe whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
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