Question About Rules?

Question

What kind of rules do you set for your children? Especially between ages 2 to 6.

Answer 1

Try your best to be polite, safe & healthy

Answer 2

I would not allow them off the property. Misbehaving results in a spanking or a timeout.  They are not allowed to help themselves to anything and they have to ask permission if they want to go to their friend's house. I would have to know the friend's parents.

Answer 3

That any old sock I give them, must get as dirty as possible ( that's the dusting done). The fastest to tidy the toys, gets a bedtime story. The fastest to match the socks/put clothes away gets a biscuit. The one with the cleanest teeth gets extra hugs. The one who puts all the clothes in the washing machine gets the most tickles. Whoever has behaved best gets to go to the park at the weekend. It works with single kids, just pit them against the parent, lol. Works wonders and the house ets cleaned as well!

Answer 4

Well my daughter is 4, and I guess the major rule I have with her is no attitude. If she starts playing with something that is not a toy, I tell her that she is only allowed to play with her toys, and she has to put it up. If she gives me attitude then she goes up to her room.

Don't get me wrong, she is very well behaved. She just has an attitude from time to time.

Now my neice, that's a different story. She's 4 just like my daughter. When my sister in law works, she brings her over. We have to tell her daughter not to get up on the kitchen counters, to be nice when playing with others (she's been known to spit in kids faces as well as ours when we tell her no) no screaming, yelling, kicking, biting, throwing toys, not to jump on the furniture. It's harder on us, because her mom lets her do these things at home. And even when her mom is here and we tell her no, her mother still doesn't correct her. We have brought this up plenty of times, and she is having a roomate move in, so we won't have to watch her anymore!

Answer 5

We have a "Rule Poster". There are the written rules in my house, and then a picture next to each rule for the kids who can't read. Right now, we have the rules:

Be nice and respectful

Take turns and share

Follow mommy and daddy's directions

Clean-up your toys when you finish with them

No food or drinks outside the kitchen.

No shoes worn in the house.

No jumping on furniture.

No yelling

No hitting

No kicking

No biting

Sit down with your kids and make a rule poster. Ask for their suggestions. You'd be surprised how much they know.

Answer 6

bedtime @ 8pm no matter what. -clean your plate off the table. (yes, a 2 yr old will do this and enjoy it sometimes.) no jumping on the furniture. no food or drinks out of the kitchen.-do not go outside unless i know, when they are 2 i just remind him everyday not to be outside without mommy. older, 5 or 6 cannot leave the yard. only mom or dad answers the phone. those are things that are enforced everyday, becuase at that age they still have to be reminded. by the time they became 5 & 6 they didn't do any of this because they had it in their minds from the beginning. set your own house rules, just make sure it is a daily thing. it isn't rule if it isn't enforced everytime.