No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABERFrom their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABERWhen we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABEROur job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABERNo one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
ADELE FABERNo wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
ADELE FABERFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABERLess time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
ADELE FABERWe deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABERI was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABERAdd to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
ADELE FABERTake two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
ADELE FABERWe have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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