EXERCISE: Rules for Kids?

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

Aha! Over at http://us.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/parenting/03/06/par.rules.that.stick/index.html they are talking about how to make good rules for kids (from the parent's side of the picture). So they suggest things such as make the rules your way (you don't have to use the same ones your parents had?), fit the rules to the kids (different ones for different kids? Heresy!), let the consequences fit the crime (fill in your own example here, I'm not quite awake yet), the flexibility (age, situation, it depends!), and good models make great kids (e.g. you gotta show you mean it for yourself, too).

So . . .

What rules do the families in your stories have? And how do they mix and match?

Pick a set of characters. A family, so to speak. Now consider a set of rules that they might live by, and the reasons and such. Then you can always have fun with the occasional breakdown and recovery. Go ahead, show us the events when little Jimmy tries rollerskating in the living room. Or the night that Dad had crackers in bed! Or . . .

Little Crimes and Punishment? An instant classic, suitable for the ages.

tink

(psst? Is it time for another context, challenge, or something? What's happening with everyone?)