When I come into work or call my girlfriend and share my stories from home (many, many, many that I would never share here), they always are surprised at how strict my husband and I are.
Even more surprising is that I don't think we're all that bad. I think that everyone else is a bunch of softies.
So, I included a few parenting no-brainers from our home and for your reading entertainment below. Feel free to adopt any or all for your very own.
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* Children are to knock on our bedroom door before barging in. Only three things will give them an open sesame without knocking first:
1. If they are bleeding.
2. If they have already thrown-up.
3. If they are on fire.
* Bedtime is 8pm. End of discussion.
* Every minute late past curfew = one day restriction.
(Our oldest teenager was nine minutes late coming home - ONCE.)
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7 comments:
Joanne,I really enjoyed your post!Please say a prayer for me today.I go back to the doctor.Hope you have a great day! Blessings, Faye
Hey Joanne! I took this test yesterday...I read We Are That Family daily too! So I was Quick Wit Mom...I guess if I'm not laughing I'm crying so I'm choosing laughter!
LOL - that is jsut too funny, Joanne. Well, my parents were strict, but I am thankful for that today...I think we were too soft on our one and only son *sigh*
Oh my goodness! Your rules for coming to the bedroom without knocking, sound just like my playground rules used to be about tattling!
How do you get by with 8 o'clock bedtimes for the two older kids? I used to have strict bedtime rules also and I was the only parent I knew who had them...and that was 40 years ago. (After teaching kids all day, I needed a couple of hours without kids--that may have been my motivation for adhering so strictly to bedtime!!)
I say, "Hats off to you and your husband" Kids with boundaries feel more secure, I believe.
Keep up the good work!
Hey, friend. I think you're fine. Strict is good; it's helped us weather these year of puberty ... now into adulthood. My oldest has returned from college. I will have to say that 8:00 PM is his beginning hour rather than his ending. It's makes it a long night for the rest of us! Hope all is well. I'm doing great.
peace~elaine
I took the quiz and I am Sgt Strict too!
Ha, HI Sgt! :)
My boys are so small, I'm not sure where I'll fall yet. But we do try really hard to be consistent. Maybe I'll be strict in the future :)
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