Love
Everyone need love whether they are right, wrong, happy, sad, pretty or plain. We all need to be loved "as is".
Respect
Respect
Treat everyone as a valued person. Let each make choices. Explain your decisions. Demonstrate confidence in their abilities.
Honesty
Everyone needs to know and trust others. Lies, half-truths and deceptions confuse.
Fairness
Everyone needs to know the rules and limits. They need to know these rules and limits will be enforced fairly and consistently.
Understanding
Everyone has the right to be understood. Listen to others. If you don't listen and learn, you will never understand.
Consistency
Behaviour should be consistent - the same today and tomorrow. Changing rules confuses people and makes them feel insecure.
Patience
It is to easy to expect too much. People need to be taught, told and shown... again and again...
Flexibilty
Everyone grows and changes. Be prepared to make personal adjustments to attitudes, rules, consequences and limits.
Acceptance
While behaviour may not alway be acceptable, people must always be accepted. Never reject purely because of poor behaviour.
Empathy
Try to feel what another feels, see things as another sees them, and understand things as another understands them.
Time
People need your attention and companionship. Make time to listen, learn, teach, play, read, watch and talk.