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what are the rules of our house?
A few years ago, I was watching the BYU channel, and saw a small lecture given by Chieko Okazaki. She talked about raising families with love and respect. Among her many ideas, the one that stood out was her simple set of rules she had in her home: Be polite; be safe. Just about every behavior falls into these two categories. It was so brilliant, we have adopted these rules in our own home.
When a child misbehaves, the conversation often goes a bit like this, “What are the rules of our house?”
They mumble, “Being polite and safe.”
Then we ask, “Was it safe to hit your brother?”
“No.”
“Was it polite?”
“No.”
“What do you say?”
“Sorry.”
It’s very simple, and most of the time it helps us avoid further struggles and contention.
posted on August 29, 2008
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Wow, I LOVE this idea! I would love to use this in my house. I love the depth of the meaning of 2 simple words. I’m going to have to see if I can create something like this, do you mind if I steal your idea?
Jamie please make all my dreams come true. And I need those scones.
I love this! I hate answering the question “why?” to every rule I set down. I’ll have to introduce this to my family.
I loved this post. We talked about it yesterday with our kids, and I think it will work. Thanks for sharing!
now that is a very easy list to teach kids – thank you …
I absolutely love these rules! I hope they are still up for adoption. I know of another home for them…
So simple. Love it! We’re going to adopt these, too.
Thanks for sharing!
I love this idea and I’m implementing it as of the next kids’ fight! Hooray for tips! Thanks for the sneaky but great idea.