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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.

Adele Faber

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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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
No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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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
No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABER

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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur

When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.

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