After thorough deliberation with your child, decide on your rules and write them down. Communicate clearly to your child what you expect as appropriate behavior. It is easier to maintain good behavior than to change inappropriate behavior that has become established. You will have firm confidence in your ability to manage your home if you have a clear idea of what you expect from your children and they know what you expect from them. Rules are only as good as the consistency parents' use in enforcing them.
Rules create a strong expectation about the values that are important to the entire family.
The function of a rule is to prevent inappropriate or encourage appropriate behavior by clearly stating expectations. The advantage of specific rules is that they clearly state the expected child behavior. The disadvantage of specific rules is that you need to limit them to no more than five rules. Therefore, you must have good management skills and know exactly what behaviors are important to you. MIND Academic expectations should not appear on your list of rules.