And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABERNo wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
More Adele Faber Quotes
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You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
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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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No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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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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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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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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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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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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And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
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No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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