House/Family Rules

[manhattenrain]

I'm curious to hear what house / family rules others have, eg. Only eating at dining table, no sleepovers... that kind of thing. Curious to see if the rules I've set are standard or if they'd be considered strict.

Don't leave the bathroom without flushing.

Same applies as when l was a kid.

• No outdoor shoes indoors

• Close toilet lid

Leave the bathroom in a state you would like to find it in

Don't wear shoes upstairs

No electronics at the table

Clothes on at the table or if there are guests in the house

Only water upstairs and no food that will make a mess

Don't sit on the arms of the sofa (kids broke a previous sofa doing this)

The only rule we had was don't hit your mother.

Apparently that was too hard to stick to.

Mine are 5 and 4 so we have rather a lot of rules at the moment.
Shoes off at the door and placed on shoe rack
Coat passed to mummy or daddy so we can hang them up
Wash hands
Meals are eaten at the table, no feet on the table
Snacks can be eaten in the living room but not upstairs and you need to use a plate.
Ask before getting snacks
Plates in the sink after meals
No climbing or jumping on the sofa
No hitting, kicking or pulling hair
Dirty underwear must be placed in the laundry basket
Make bed every morning ( they attempt it)
Everyone helps up tidy toys
No lying or throwing things around
No sleepovers yet unless at grandparents home

@isthisareverse I can trust myself to look after them and not let anything happen to them. I do understand what you're saying but I guess it's just up to the parents and if they feel comfortable or not.

@1stWorldProblems

- No electronics at the dinner table - apart from breakfast.

• Clothing must be worn at the table if eating hot food - to avoid burns.
• Shoes on or socks off but no wandering about in socks.
• You can only drink fizzy drinks if to the adults are drinking alcohol.

Why no wandering about in socks?!?!

For us.. difficult in that they're my stepkids so already have a level of behaviour ingrained/get away with different things at RP'a home

But for us... shoes off when you come inside, toys/belongings up to bedroom in the evening (tried the tidying before next toy is brought out but heck did that work 🙄), electronics left downstairs at night.

We're working on no jumping on the sofas and using cutlery properly. Neither of which should be a problem or warrant the eye rolls when it's brought up but there we go

no eating in bedrooms
no running round in just pants (ground floor flat, the nice bit of the communal gardens is just outside my living room and people peer in!)
let mummy drink her coffee in the mornings