From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABERFrom their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
More Adele Faber Quotes
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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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