And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERAnd once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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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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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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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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The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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