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From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.

Adele Faber

I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
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
The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
ADELE FABER

Contain Daily Dynamite Emotional Enough Explosion Relationship Round Set Sibling
We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
We put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABER

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

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

Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
Let us be different in our homes.
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur

From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.

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