Rules.

Okay. So another good week learning about the family. Today I wanted to talk about rules of the family. Isn't it funny that we are all have family and we all know what family life is but we have so many different ways of being in a family and how the family works. I never realized how different raising a family was until I started seriously dating and then marrying my husband. We are a LOT alike, but at the same time SO different.

One of the things that makes the family different is the rules of the home. In class this week, we wrote down 8-10 rules of the home that were unspoken lists of acceptable/unacceptable behaviors in my personal family. Believe it or not, it was actually a challenge to think about the different rules in my families. However I found 8 different rules and they are: 

1. NO screaming whatsoever. (when we were babies if we ever screamed because we wanted something... we learned our lesson from my father) 
2. Dad makes the money and mom takes care of the kids
3. Young children go to bed earlier than older children
4. No back talking mom. Ever.
5. Ask Dad first then mom- Dad will always say yes haha
6. Dinner is at the dinner table
7. Dad controls the thermostat
8. There is always a snack after schoolSo what are some of YOUR family unspoken rules? How did you learn about them? experience? watching another siblings?

Another thing I learned is that in a well functioning family, rules help maintain order and stability while at the same time allowing changes with changing circumstances. We are all growing and because of that we are all changing and evolving into different people. Our rules are what set us free and make us closer with our family.