We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
More Adele Faber Quotes
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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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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Let us be different in our homes.
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I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less.
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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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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
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