The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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Anand Thakur
The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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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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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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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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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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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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From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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