The History of Family Rules By Jeannette Lofas, CSW Rules have existed since man hunted and woman gathered three million years ago.
Rules lead to productive and predictable interaction between people.
No organization, no sporting event today is run without specific rules of action. Certainly, we can look at the family as a team. Ideally, it is a group of people striving for individual and family goals. However, in too many families today we see no team, no rules of interaction, and few specific goals. Once, the home was a place to find refuge from the harsh world outside.