J-Mom and I sometimes used to watch Supernanny and one of the first things that she would always do is have the family set the house rules. For the first few years of Diva-J’s life we worked on inherent rules, but as she got older, we came to find that the inherent rules were not working.
In the past few months we have found that Diva-J was starting to take advantage of our “house rules” and with that in mind J-Mom and I decided to come together and put together a list of explicit house rules that Diva-J could see every day and hopefully follow. I placed a picture of the rules that J-Mom and I came up with on this page. What we included may not be the same as what are important within your own home, and as I continue to read and learn, I am finding that the rules of today may not look exactly the same a year from now. As parents we must be flexible based on what is happening within the home and what is happening between us and our kids.
Yet, house rules are important as it sets the tone of the home for everyone, and it allows for all who enter to see what they should be able to expect within our home. It also assists with babysitters to allow them to know what they should be seeing or expecting from our kids when they are at our home.
In researching this post I came up with a number of resources that I wanted to share with you all:
- http://singleparents.about.com/od/discipline/a/groundrules.htm
- http://www.ehow.com/how_5109021_kids-keep-up-homeules.html
- http://www.ehow.com/how_4764129_set-up-houseules-yearold.html
Today’s task is for you to sit down and come up with your house rules (depending on how old your kids are you may want to include them in the decision making process). These rules must then be posted in a visible location for all to see. You then must sit down with your family to go over the rules and talk about what will happen if the rules are not followed. If you already have your house rules, share them as I have shared my own above. Once you complete this task, come back and share these ideas with the rest of the group. I also recommend that you read the above articles, especially the first one for some other tips on setting up your own house rules.
If you are so inclined please leave your responses in a comment below or link to a blog post if you are going to commit to joining me on this journey so that others can learn from you as well.
Good luck with day 12 and I look forward to your thoughts and comments!
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