When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABERAnd sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERFrom their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
ADELE FABERAnd it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABERI was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABERContent in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABEROur job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABERAdd to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
ADELE FABERThe mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
ADELE FABERLet us be different in our homes.
ADELE FABERWe put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
ADELE FABERKeeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
ADELE FABERLess time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
ADELE FABERFrom the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
ADELE FABERNo wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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