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What House Do You Live In?
"I got two A's," the small boy cried.
His voice was filled with glee.
His father very bluntly asked,
"Why didn't you get three?"
"Mom. I've got the dishes done!"
The girl called from the door.
Her mother very calmly said,
"And did you sweep the floor?"
"I've mowed the grass," the tall boy said,
"And put the mower away!"
His father asked him, with a shrug.
"Did you clean off the clay?"
The children in the house next door
Seem happy and content.
The same things happened over there,
But this is how it went:
"I got two A's," the small boy cried,
His voice was filled with glee.
His father proudly said, "That's great!
I'm glad you live with me!"
"Mom I've got the dishes done!
The girl called from the door.
Her mother smiled and softly said.
"Each day I love you more."
"I've mowed the grass." the tall boy said.
"And put the mower away!"
His father answered with much joy.
"You've made my happy day!"
Children deserve a little praise
For tasks they're asked to do
If they're to lead a happy life.
So much depends on you.
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- Children
Learn What They Live
- If children live
with criticism,
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they
learn to condemn.
- If children live
with hostility,
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they
learn to fight.
- If children live
with ridicule,
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they
learn to be shy.
- If children live
with tolerance,
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they
learn to be patient.
- If children live
with encouragement,
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they
learn confidence.
- If children live
with praise,
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they
learn to appreciate.
- If children live
with fairness,
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they
learn justice.
- If children live
with security,
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they
learn faith.
- If children live
with approval,
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they
learn to like themselves.
- If children live
with acceptance, and friendship,
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they
learn to find love in the world.
Author Unknown
Behavior Labeling
If an adult is
reinforced for behaving appropriately we call it
recognition.
If a child is
reinforced for behaving appropriately we call it
bribery.
If an adult laughs, we
call it socializing.
If a child laughs, we
call it misbehaving.
If an adult writes in
a book we call it doodling.
If a child writes in a
book we call it destroying property.
If an adult sticks to
something we call it perseverance.
If a child sticks to
something we call it stubbornness.
If an adult seeks help
we call it consulting.
If a child seeks help
we call it whining.
If an adult is not
paying attention we call it preoccupation.
If a child is not
paying attention we call it distractibility.
If an adult forgets
something we call it absentmindedness.
If a child forgets
something we call it attention deficit.
If an adult tells his
side of a story we call it clarification.
If a child tells his
side of a story we call it talking back.
If an adult raises his
voice in anger we call it maintaining control.
If a child raises his
voice in anger we call it a temper tantrum.
If an adult hits a
child we call it discipline.
If a child hits a
child we call it fighting.
If an adult behaves in
an unusual way we call him unique.
If a child behaves in
an unusual way we refer him for a
psychological
evaluation.
Written by Dixie Fletcher
Reprinted from "Throughout
Arizona," published by Pilot Parent Partnerships, Inc.
I Know Everything
- There is something I don't know
- that I am supposed to know.
- I don't know what it is I don't know,
- and yet I am supposed to know,
- And I feel I look stupid
- if I seem both not to know it
- and not know what it is I don't know.
- Therefore, I pretend I know it.
- There is nerve-wracking since I don't know
- what I must pretend to know.
- Therefore, I pretend I know everything
- R. D. Laing, "Knots" (1970)
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- The Average Child
I don't cause teachers trouble
my grades have been okay.
I listen in my classes
and I'm in school everyday.
My teachers think I'm average,
my parents think so too.
I wish I didn't know that
cause there's lots I'd like to do.
I would like to build a rocket
I have a book that tells you how,
or start a stamp collection
well no use in trying now.
Cause since I found I'm average
I'm just smart enough you see
to know there is nothing special
that I should expect of me.
I am part of the majority,
that hump part of the bell,
who spends his life unnoticed
in an average kind of hell.
Anonymous
Unity
Poem
I dreamed I stood in a studio
and watched two sculptors there
The clay they used was
a young child's mind
And they fashioned it with care
One was a teacher:
the tools that were used were
books, music, and art.
One was a parent
with a guiding hand and a gentle, loving heart
Day after day the teacher toiled
with a touch that was deft and sure,
While the parent labored side by side
and polished and smoothed it o'er.
And when at last the task was done
They were proud of what they had wrought.
For the things they had molded into the child,
Could never be forgot.
And they agreed each would have
failed
If either had worked alone.
For behind the parent stood the school,
and behind the teacher, the home.
Author Unknown
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