We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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Anand Thakur
We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
ADELE FABERI was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
ADELE FABERAnd it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
ADELE FABERNo wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
ADELE FABERYou can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
ADELE FABERAnd 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.
ADELE FABERDeep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
ADELE FABERWhen we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABERWe put him in touch with his inner reality.
ADELE FABERFrom the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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 FABERContent in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABERLet us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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