black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

Adele Faber

The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
ADELE FABER

Additional Child Children Disappointment Existence Family Hurt Less Signity
From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
ADELE FABER

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

Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
ADELE FABER

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

Anand Thakur
We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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
And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABER

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

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

Anand Thakur
The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur

We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Adele Faber Quotes