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The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,

Adele Faber

No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABER

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

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

Anand Thakur
From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABER

Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
ADELE FABER

Accomplishment Alone Approval Attention Less Parent
From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur

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