AVOID SPOILING ME. I'm only testing you when I ask for things.
BE FIRM WITH ME. I need to feel secure.
DON'T MAKE ME FEEL SMALLER THAN I AM. It makes me act stupidly big.
CORRECT ME IN PRIVATE, if possible. I'll take more notice then.
GIVE ME A SENSE OF VALUES. Remember my mistakes aren't sins.
LET ME EXPERIENCE CONSEQUENCES, even painful ones. That way I learn to understand life.
DON'T BE TOO UPSET WHEN I SAY I HATE YOU. It's your power to thwart me I hate, not you.
NAG and I'll protect myself by appearing deaf.
MAKE RASH PROMISES, and I'll learn to ignore you.
QUESTION MY HONESTY TOO MUCH, and I'll be easily frightened into lying.
BE CONSISTANT. Otherwise I will lose faith in you.
DON'T TELL ME MY FEARS ARE SILLY. They are very real to me.
LET ME EXPERIMENT. I can't get on without trying the limits.
KEEP PACE WITH ME. I'm growing up very quickly.
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. I'll go elsewhere for answers otherwise.
APOLOGISE TO ME IF NECESSARY. I'll feel so close to you then.
LOVE ME AND TELL ME SO, otherwise I won't learn how to love or be loved.
THANK YOU FOR BEING MY SPECIAL HUMAN BEING. I do need you.