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treating our children, not as they are, but as we hoped they would become.
Adele Faber • Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
match our expectations to the child’s stage of development and level of experience.
Joanna Faber • How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 (The How To Talk Series)
Adele Faber, 96, Who Helped Change How Parents Talk to Children, Dies
nytimes.com
When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems.
Adele Faber • How to Talk so Kids Will Listen...And Listen So Kids Will Talk
Make sure that each child gets some time alone with you several times a week.
Adele Faber • Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
“Finally, are most of my moments with my child spent asking her to “do things?” Or am I taking out some time to be alone with her—just to “be together”?”
Adele Faber • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series)
“The attitude behind your words is as important as the words themselves.”