Children of primary education express themselves

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According to Abdel-Malek's field studies, the following are among the questions and issues that most frequently preoccupy children:

Can I watch TV for seven hours while on holiday?

Where are the playgrounds and clubs?

Should we spend our whole time studying?

I am not interested in studying at school.

We come back home before our parents do because they are still at work.

I wish I had a computer.

I need room to keep my belongings in.

I love my neighbour's daughter. Is love forbidden?

I tried smoking once.

Sometimes I lie in order to avoid trouble.

I am not close to my mother.

There is no time for discussion.

I want more chocolate.

I want a gun.

My family dislikes some of my friends.

My pocket money isn't enough.

Sometimes I fear being alone.

My father embarrasses me in front of my friends.

My mother loves me so much.

The private tutor spends an overwhelming amount of time with me.

School homework is awkward.

I didn't understand what the teacher said.

Until now our parents treat us as if we were still in nursery school.

My brother is always quarreling with me.

My parents love my brother more than they love me.

I want to have a mobile phone like my classmate.

I love my mother more than my father.

My parents are always arguing with each other.

Sometimes I think of running away from school.

My father's job is very hard.

My mother is very tired.

My friends have nicer clothes than me.

My father has many debts and is looking for extra work.

I am afraid of sleeping alone.

I would like to be an officer or a well- known football player.