And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
More Adele Faber Quotes
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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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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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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And it’s not hard to understand why in families across the land,
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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 deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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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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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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