Memos from your child

Memos from your child

1. Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for. I'm only testing you. (hehehe true!)
2. Don't be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it; it makes me feel more secure.
3. Don't let me form bad habits. I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages.
4. Don't make me feel smaller than I am. It only makes me behave stupidly "big".
5. Don't correct me in front of others if you can help it. I'll take much more notice if you talk more quietly with me. (I should conscientiously do this)
6. Don't make me feel that my mistakes are sins. It upsets my sense of values.
7. Don't protect me from consequences, I need to learn the painful way sometimes.
8. Don't be upset when I say "I hate you." It isn't you I hate, but your power to thwart me.
9. Don't take too much notice of small ailments, sometimes they get me the attention I need.
10. Don't nag me. If you do, I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.
11. Don't make me rash promises. Remember that I feel badly let down when promises are broken.
12. Don't forget that I cannot explain myself as well as I should like. That is why I'm not always very accurate.
13. Don't tax my honesty too much. I am easily frightened into telling lies.
14. Don't be inconsistent. That completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.
15. Don't put me off when I ask you questions. If you do you will find that I stop asking and seek my information elsewhere.
16. Don't tell me my fears are silly. They are terribly real and you can do much to re-assure me if you try to understand.
17. Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible. It gives me too great a shock when I discover that you are neither.
18. Don't ever think that it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm to you.
19. Don't forget how quickly I'm growing up. It must be very difficult for you to keep pace with me but try please.
20. Don't forget that I love experimenting. I couldn't get on without it, so please put up with it.
21. Don't forget that I can't thrive without lots of love and understanding from you, but this I don't have to mention, do I?