To Parents From Their Children

Call:               DON'T SPOIL ME.

Response:       I know quite well that I ought not to have all that I ask for. I'm only testing you. 

Call:               DON'T BE AFRAID TO TO BE FIRM WITH ME.

Response:       I prefer it. It makes me feel more secure.

Call:               DON'T PROTECT ME FROM CONSEQUENCES.

Response:       I need to learn the painful way sometimes. 

Call:               DON'T LET ME FORM BAD HABITS.

Response:       I have to rely on you to detect them in early stages. 

Call:               DON'T BE TOO UPSET WHEN I SAY "I HATE YOU."

Response:       It isn't you that I hate but your power to thwart me.

Call:               DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH NOTICE OF MY SMALL AILMENTS.

Response:       I am quite capable of trading on them.

Call:               DON'T FORGET THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN MYSELF AS WELL AS I WOULD LIKE.

Response:       This is why I am not always accurate.

Call:               DON'T NAG.

Response:       If you do I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.

Call:               DON'T FORGET HOW QUICKLY I AM GROWING UP.

Response:       It must be very difficult for you to keep pace with me, but please try.

Call:               DON'T CORRECT ME IN FRONT OF PEOPLE IF YOU CAN HELP IT.

Response:       I'll take much more notice if you talk quietly with me in private.

Call:               DON'T MAKE ME FEEL THAT MY MISTAKES ARE SINS.

Response:       It upsets my sense of values.

Call:               DON'T TAX MY HONESTY TOO MUCH.

Response:       I am easily frightened into telling lies.

Call:                DON'T FORGET THAT I CAN'T THRIVE WITHOUT LOTS OF UNDERSTANDING AND LOVE.

Resonse:          But I don't need to tell you that, do I?

by Mildred Neville

21 Questions to Ask Your Student Besides "How was your day?"

This information is borrowed from an article in ADDitude online magazine. See the full article here: https://www.additudemag.com/questions-to-ask-kids-about-school-adhd/?ecd=wnl_additude_250129_cons_adhd_school&goal=0_d9446392d6-c95130aecc-289930401 

1. What was the best thing that happened at school today? (What was the worst thing that happened at school today?)

2. Tell me something that made you laugh today.

3. Whom would you like to sit by in class? (Whom would you not want to sit by in class? Why?)

4. Where is the coolest place at the school?

5. Tell me a weird word that you heard today (or something weird that someone said).

6. If I called your teacher tonight, what would she tell me about you?

7. How did you help somebody today?

8. How did somebody help you today?

9. Tell me one thing that you learned today.

10. When were you the happiest today?

11. When were you bored today?

12. If an alien spaceship came to your class and beamed someone up, who would you want them to take?

13. Who would you like to play with at recess whom you’ve never played with before?

14. Tell me something good that happened today.

15. What word did your teacher say the most today?

16. What do you think you should do/learn more of at school?

17. What do you think you should do/learn less of at school?

18. Who in your class do you think you could be nicer to?

19. Where do you play the most at recess?

20. Who is the funniest person in your class? Why is he/she so funny?

21. What was your favorite part of lunch?