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DON'T'S
Don't load them up with 'gear'.
Kids with good stuff are
walking targets. Desirable stuff stays home.
Don't isolate them.
Kids kept in a cocoon of safety may not
connect with a group. Kids need a group. The group will always be there;
you can't be.
Don't trust them unconditionally.
Operate on the assumption
that any kid, regardless of history, is capable of a lie. Peer groups are
powerful things and can challenge values and behaviors.
Don't use them as go-betweens.
Their lives are full; they are
easily distracted and very forgetful. Do your own communicating with
teachers, secretaries and others.
Don't take much at face value.
Schools are rampant rumor
mills. Kids love to gossip and embellish. Check it out. Go to the source.
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