1. Don’t spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all that I ask for. I’m only testing you.
2. Don’t be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it. It makes me 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 my mistakes are sins. It upsets my sense of values.
5. Don’t correct me in front of people, if you can help it. I’ll take much more notice, if you talk quietly with me in private.
6. Don’t protect me from consequences. I need to learn the painful way, sometimes.
7. Don’t take too much notice of my small ailments. Sometimes they get me the attention I need.
8. Don’t nag. If you do, I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.
9. Don’t forget that I cannot explain myself as well as I should like. This is why I’m not always very accurate.
10. Don’t make rash promises, remember that I feel badly let down when promises are broken.
11. Don’t tax my honesty too much. I am easily frightened into telling lies.
12. Don’t be inconsistent. That completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.
13. Don’t tell me my fears are silly. They are terribly real and you can do much to reassure me, if you try to understand.
14. Don’t put me off when I ask questions. If you do you will find that I stop asking and seek my information elsewhere.
15. Don’t ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible. It gives me too great a shock, when I discover that you are neither.
16. Don’t ever think it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me, an honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm
towards you.
17. Don’t forget I love experimenting. I couldn’t get on without it. So please put up with it.
18. Don’t forget that I can’t thrive without lots of understanding and love, but I don’t need to tell you, do I?
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