Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.
ADELE FABERNo wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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The resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other;
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Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.
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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 put him in touch with his inner reality.
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Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive / Comrades with one history.
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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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Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.
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No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.
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The sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.
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No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.
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No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best.
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From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.
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Let us be different in our homes.
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From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.
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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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