• Do not bite, kick or hit, except in self-defence.
• Do not torture and bully other children, so you don’t end up in jail.
• Eat in a civilized and thankful manner, so that people are happy to have you at their house, and pleased to feed you.
• Learn to share, so other kids will play with you.
• Pay attention when spoken to by adults, so they don’t hate you and might therefore deign to teach you something.
• Go to sleep properly, and peaceably, so that your parents can have a private life and not resent your existence.
• Take care of your belongings, because you need to learn how and because you’re lucky to have them.
• Be good company when something fun is happening, so that you’re invited for the fun.
• Act so that other people are happy you’re around, so that people will want you around.

A child who knows these rules will be welcome everywhere.

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

If you’ve stopped to read this, why not help some children this Christmas?

https://www.firstfoodbank.org/learn/programs/child-feeding/

https://www.kids.org.uk/

https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/