your family rules
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Topic: your family rules
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: your family rules
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 5:24pm
| in my new bout as "calm mummy" (which has lasted one day and going strong), I am trying to get Jake not to speak badly to anyone by saying "in our family we don't speak to people like that, please ask again nicely" and offering him the chance to apologise or go to his room to calm down. So far so good. Just wondering, what are other people's family rules? |
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 5:30pm
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Inside voices inside. Walking feet inside. Are 2 that we keep on top of. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 5:51pm
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No jumping on the couches! Though that's the biggest battle, have to remind them everyday!
No playing with the doors - too many little fingers around, & have been slammed in them  . ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 8:32pm
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No yelling inside; no squealing (at all)... -------------  |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 8:48pm
No snacks before tea time (that ones for DH!  )
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 9:23pm
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Inside voices, no hitting, shoes off inside, no bad words (the only ones she uses are 'stupid' and 'dumb' so its not a major as of yet), no playing with doors and treat books with respect. Those are the only ones I can think of at the moment!
We have the 'adults' things too- there are 'adults' drinks, obviously alcoholic drinks plus coke etc, plugging things in, using knives, running baths etc. Its quite handy to be able to just say 'thats an adults job' and her be ok with it. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 9:52pm
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MUMS the BOSS is all my kids need to know LOL
One rule is we all sit at the table for dinner. One fizzy drink a day (if that) no running inside. i am sure there is more 'under written rulz' that you just don;t think of. My kids do not and will not swear in the house and hopefully no where else although not naive and sure my 14 yr old would with his mates. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 10:06pm
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How about always saying please and thank you, as kids we only had sweets at the weekend when we got our pocket money, and we had school night rules and weekend rules when it came to bedtime when younger, and friends coming round etc when older. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Chovynz
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 10:56pm
...you have "inside voices"....?
You may come into our room at 6.45 (a week ago it was 7). No earlier. (unfortunatly this was interpreted as not allowed leaving HER room until then, so we heard her yelling out MUUUUMMMM. I GOOOOOT POOOOOOOSSS.  SHHHHHH. kristians sleeping ------------- Defending the male species since 1980 
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mummy_becks wrote:Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 28 September 2007 at 11:02pm
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I've been fleeced of loose change this week, as i'm not allowed to swear in front of the kids. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 29 September 2007 at 9:01am
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outside toys stay outside... thats a battle at the mo!
no standing on the table seatbelts on till the car is off(for gabriel and step) no throwing toys no hitting on the head manners are encouraged but not the be all end all, i think by modelling good manners it is rubbing off, cause toby will burp and say "pardon me" and it wasnt something we told him to do. and later on it will be toilet seat goes back down! |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 29 September 2007 at 11:59am
Good Luck with that one! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 29 September 2007 at 12:32pm
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Clear your own plate after dinner
We also have no hitting on the head No TV till after 7am Shoes off inside Put your washing in the laundry basket when you get into pj's. Don't use "I want" use "I would like" Thats all I can think of. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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