I was a wonderful parent before I had children.
ADELE FABERThe sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
More Adele Faber Quotes
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We deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
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Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to
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From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
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Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . .
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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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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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Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories
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We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”
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