INNER CHILD
Be there.
Say yes as often as possible.
Let them bang on pots and pans.
If they're crabby, put them in water.
If they're unlovable, love yourself.
Realize how important it is to be a child.
Go to a movie theater in your pajamas.
Read books out loud with joy.
Invent pleasures together.
Remember how really small they are.
Giggle a lot.
Surprise them.
Say no when necessary.
Teach feelings.
Heal your own inner child.
Learn about parenting.
Hug trees together.
Make loving safe.
Bake a cake and eat it with your hands.
Go find elephants and kiss them.
Plan to build a ray gun.
Imagine yourself magic.
Make lots of forts with blankets.
Let your angel fly.
Reveal your own dreams.
Search out the positive.
Keep the gleam in your eye.
Mail letters to God.
Encourage silly.
Plant licorice in your garden.
Open up.
Stop yelling
Express your love. Alot.
Speak kindly.
Paint their tennis shoes.
Handle with caring.
CHILDREN ARE MIRACULOUS
PLEASE...
Don't spoil me. I know quite well I ought not to have
all I ask for. I am only testing you.
Don't be afraid to be firm with me.
I prefer it; it makes me feel more secure.
Don't let me form bad habits.
I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages.
Don't make me feel smaller than I am.
It only makes me behave stupidly "big".
Don't correct me in front of other people if you can help it.
I'll take much more notice if you talk quietly in private.
Don't protect me from consequences.
I need to learn the painful way sometimes.
Don't make me feel my mistakes are sins.
It upsets my sense of values.
Don't be too upset when I say "I hate you".
It isn't you I hate, but your power to thwart me.
Don't take too much notice of my small ailments.
Sometimes they get me the attention I need.
Don't nag me. If you do,
I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.
Don't make rash promises. Remember that I feel
badly let down when promises are broken.
Don't forget that I cannot explain myself as well as I should
like. This is why I'm not always very accurate.
Don't tax my honesty too much.
I'm easily frightened into telling lies.
Don't push (put) me off when I ask questions.
If you do, you will find that I stop asking and seek
my information elsewhere.
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 suggest that you are perfect or infallible.
It gives me too great a shock
when I discover that you are neither.
Don't be inconsistent. It completely confuses me
and makes me lose my faith in you.
Don't ever think it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me.
An honest apology makes me suprisingly warm towards you.
Don't forget that I love experimenting.
I couldn't get on without it, so please put up with it.
Don't forget that I can't thrive without lots of understanding
love, but I don't need to tell you that, do I?
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