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

Adele Faber

The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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Contain Daily Dynamite Emotional Enough Explosion Relationship Round Set Sibling
The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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Additional Child Children Disappointment Existence Family Hurt Less Signity
And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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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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I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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Accomplishment Alone Approval Attention Less Parent
Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

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