Reynolds Life and Times

House Rules

// August 12th, 2009 // Personal

A family values discussion was introduced by me a few years ago on this blog and it went no where. Probably just too heavy of a discussion, I don’t know. To this day I am still concerned about whether I am teaching my kids the right things or not, and if the values my parents seeded within me will transfer to them.

Well, this past weekend on the way home from an event where the kids had been playing with other kids, Lily (our five year old) requested to have her first sleep over at someone else’s home. She sensed our reservations I think (though our reservations are not for the reason she assumed), so she immediately blurted out “It’ll be ok, I know the rules of staying at someone else’s house!”.

Ashley and I were shocked at this, because we almost never talk about rules related with what they should do when not around us. We figure there will be plenty of opportunities for those discussions when she gets older and wants to get into trouble.

She persisted and said:

Sure, this is all you have to do:

1. Share
2. Be kind to others
3. Listen to the ones in charge
4. Use good manners
5. Be nice to others
6. Be friends with others’ friends (this is social networking by the way)
7. Be careful so you don’t break stuff

I don’t know about you, but those are pretty much what we need to do as adults too! We have no idea where Lily got these house rules from, but we are glad she figured them out in such simple, straightforward language. Ashley and I, along with the younger daughters, will be committing these to memory soon!

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