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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.

Adele Faber

Let us be different in our homes.
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Anand Thakur
Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
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Anand Thakur
Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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Contain Daily Dynamite Emotional Enough Explosion Relationship Round Set Sibling
From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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Anand Thakur
Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing
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Anand Thakur
No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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Anand Thakur
No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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Anand Thakur
I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.
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Anand Thakur
You can call on each other / and count on each other … / because each other / is all you have.
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Anand Thakur
From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
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Anand Thakur
Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other;
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Anand Thakur
And once he’s clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
ADELE FABER

Anand Thakur
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

No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.

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