And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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Anand Thakur
And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABERThe resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
ADELE FABERI was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABERNo wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABERWe deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABERAdd to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABERFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABERKeeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
ADELE FABERAnd once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABERWe put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABERNo wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABERThe personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
ADELE FABERLet us be different in our homes.
ADELE FABERThe mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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