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The Vowel-less Knights #9
Just when you thought the Knights were running out of things to say, they find more:
1. W'v ll gt t rmmbr t pck r bttls crfll, t b prprd t ls smll ns, nd t hld t fr bg ns.
2. Whn th sndppr nd th clm grppl, t s th fshrmn tht prfts.
3. t shld cm s n srprs t n f s tht th sltn t ndng bckrng n fmls s t tlk t n nthr mr ftn wtht blmng, mkng jdgmnts, r nsltng n nthr.
1. W'v ll gt t rmmbr t pck r bttls crfll, t b prprd t ls smll ns, nd t hld t fr bg ns.
2. Whn th sndppr nd th clm grppl, t s th fshrmn tht prfts.
3. t shld cm s n srprs t n f s tht th sltn t ndng bckrng n fmls s t tlk t n nthr mr ftn wtht blmng, mkng jdgmnts, r nsltng n nthr.
Hint
1. Written by two ladies, in a book about single parenting.Bonus: who are they, and what book did they write?
2. This is an actual Chinese proverb. Yes, really. It is not a fortune cookie saying.
3. Written by two men and a woman in a book on children.
Bonus: who are they, and what book did they write?
Answer
1. We've all got to remember to pick our battles carefully, to be prepared to lose small ones, and to hold out for big ones.Bonus: Marge Kennedy and Janet King, authors of "The Single Parent Family"
2. When the sandpiper and the clam grapple, it is the fisherman that profits.
3. It should come as no surprise to any of us that the solution to ending bickering in families is to talk to one another more often without blaming, making judgements, or insulting one another.
Bonus: Donald Medeiros, Barbara Porter, and David Welch, authors of "Children Under Stress"
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