Dear Teacher/Mum and Dad,
Please help me to love myself, Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I should not have all that lask for, I'm only testing you but please give me the discipline I need!
I need my sense of dignity, infront of people. I'll take more notice if you talk to me with as much respect as you give to your best grown up friends.
Don't ridicule me or imply that my inappropriate behavior means that I am bad. It simply erodes my sense of worthiness.
Don't be too upset when sometimes I say I hate you". It isn't you I hate but your power over me only. Please be patient with me, I may be a LATE BLOOMER.
When you have a bad day, please don't take your frustrations out on me.
Please don't shout or nag. If you do I shall have to protect myself by appearing to be deaf.
Please, help me to feel good about myself by telling me of the good things about myself more often than you tell me of the things you don't like.
Don't bribe me or make rash promises. Remember that I feel badly let down when promises are broken.
The more you give me the safety to expose my true feelings, the more of my inner beauty will spread all around.
Don't be inconsistent, that completely confuses me, makes me lose faith in you.
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.
Don't ever think it is beneath your dignity to apologies to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm towards you.
Please keep reminding me that I am basically good and capable and wrothwhile so I can grow up loving and accepting my self. Don't forget that I can't thrive without a lot of love and understanding but I don't need to tell you, DO I???
Please praise and acknowledge me for who I am and not for the things I do, for then I will grow up without the stress of comparing and competing.
I have you dearly, and I don't except you to be perfect either! Thank you for kind attention and sparing precious time for my appeal.