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 Don’t
give me everything I ask for. Sometimes I am just testing you to see how
much I can get.
- Don’t always give orders. If you suggest something
instead of giving a command, I will do it faster.
- Don’t keep changing
your mind about what you want me to do. Make up your mind and stick to
it.
- Keep promises, both good and bad. If you promise a reward,
make sure you give it to me. If you promise a punishment,
make sure I get that too.
- Don’t compare me to anyone else, especially if that
comparison will hurt somebody’s feelings. I don’t
want to be considered smarter than somebody else because
it will hurt that person’s feelings. If you make me
out to be dumber than somebody else, then it will hurt MY
feelings.
- Let me do as much for myself as I can. That’s
how I learn. If you do everything for me I will never be
able to do anything for myself.
- Don’t correct my mistakes in front of other people.
Tell me how to improve when nobody is around.
- Don’t
scream at me. It makes me scream back, and I don’t
want to be a screamer. Screamers sound awful.
- Don’t tell lies in front of me or ask me to tell
lies to help you out. It makes me think less of you and less
of me, even if I’m supposed to be doing you a favor.
- When I do something wrong, don’t try to get me to tell
you WHY I did it. Sometimes, I don’t know why myself.
- When you are wrong about something, admit it. It won’t
hurt my opinion of you. It will make it easier for me to
admit when I am wrong.
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