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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

Adele Faber

And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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Additional Child Children Disappointment Existence Family Hurt Less Signity
From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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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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Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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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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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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Contain Daily Dynamite Emotional Enough Explosion Relationship Round Set Sibling

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