i get the older kids at school telling me i'm the best TA and the young ones hanging off me lol
My nephew (8 now, about 7 at the time) said if his mum died he would want me to be his mum. sick and sweet at the same time lol (he said it like he looked forward to the day his mum would die!!)
And when the currant year 5 at my school got told i would be their TA in year 6, they clapped and cheered lol
now if you don't ind, i need to go de-swell my head lol
but i agree with folks who say that when kids are nice you know they are genuine. kids ain't faking shit. if they don't like you or something about you, they tell you to your face!!
whats nice is it goes the other way too!! (that is, if they like you they tell you, not that adults tell them they don't like them, just in case that wasn't clear!!)