people sometimes really like it when you ask them for a favour, this is something i've been trying to absorb for a while now since i heard it in some autism thread

@pan A lot of people like to feel useful and/or needed.

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On a slightly different but related note, if you wanna help boost a kiddo's confidence at school, give them a job to do; make them a "helper". It makes them feel important.

@Sparrow ah god i do this with people in my care sometimes, i didn't realise - what the heck >.> it all fits together !!

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