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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.

Adele Faber

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

Anand Thakur
The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,
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Anand Thakur
No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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Best Children Fiercely First Struggle
Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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Anand Thakur
Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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Anand Thakur
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
From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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Anand Thakur
Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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Anand Thakur
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
Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments 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
I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur

And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.

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