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Adele Faber (born January 12, 1928) is an American author. She writes books about parenting and families and is an expert on communication between adults and children. She currently resides in Long Island, New York and is the parent of three children.

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Take two kids in competition for their parents' love and attention. Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other; the resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other; the personal frustrations that they don't dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister, and it's not hard to understand why in families across the land, the sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.

Brother, Children, Sibling, Attention, Parents

Let us be different in our homes. Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing, we have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their "rightness. " The whole world will tell them what's wrong with them--out loud and often. Our job is to let our children know what's right about them.

Jobs, Children, Home, Let, Job

Deep inside you know
when trouble comes
and there's no one else to turn to
you can call on each other
and count on each other. . .
because each other
is all you have.

Trouble, Turns, Deep Inside, Call, Deep, Turn

The mere existence of an additional child or children in the family could signify Less. Less time alone with parents. Less attention for hurts and disappointments. Less approval for accomplishments. . . . No wonder children struggle so fiercely to be first or best. No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.

Approval, Children, Disappointment, Hurt, Wonder

No one cares
who is better
who is worse
who has more
who has less.
Content in our connectedness
we are brothers and sisters
after all.

Brother, Care, Connectedness, Worse, Brothers

Comforters for our todays
Guardians of memories
Keeping our youth and yesterdays alive
Comrades with one history.

Memories, Yesterday, Alive, Keeping, Todays, Comrades

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

Children, Parent, Wonderful

I was a wonderful parent before I had children. I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.

Children, Parent, Experts, Three, Problems, Expert

When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.

Children, Deprive, Experience, Giving, Instant, Wrestling

When we acknowledge a child's feelings, we do him a great service. We put him in touch with his inner reality. And once he's clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.

Children, Reality, Feelings, Strength, Cope, Inner

From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient. From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility. From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful. From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise. And sometimes, from their envy of each other's special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.

Clever, Defend, Dominance, Sibling, Sparring, Struggle