And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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Anand Thakur
And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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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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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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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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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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We put him in touch with his inner reality.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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