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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.

Adele Faber

Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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Anand Thakur
And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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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 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
No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, 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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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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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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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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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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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

The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.

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