https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:58:53 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/household-rules#post-71467 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:03:44 +0000 Mrs. Bee 71467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>study, study and study some more. and then study some more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/household-rules#post-71454 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58:56 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 71454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My house was full of 'unspoken' rules. We had to have an after school snack RIGHT when we got home, or else it was too close to dinner, and we had to ask before we ate something (in case Mom was saving it for dinner/a party). This was a foreign rule in DH's house, and even now he laughs at me. I'll be starving at like 4:45 and asking when dinner is, and he'll tell me to eat something. Then I go to the fridge and am like "Hey, can I eat this _____?"<br /> He's like...."I'm not your mother. Eat whatever, whenever you want." Lol.<br /> Old habits die hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/household-rules#post-71444 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:56:12 +0000 mediagirl 71444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat dinner at the kitchen table as a family. No TV, no radio, we all talk about our day.<br /> We had to eat most of our meal - that included veggies. If we did not eat our meal, it was put in the fridge and if we were hungry later, that is what we got. GROSS!<br /> We didn't really need a lot of other rules other than the standard, no talking back, no cursing and no being rude. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/household-rules#post-71429 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52:51 +0000 daniellemybelle 71429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't have an established list of rules, but the pretty much standard rule was: "Do what we say the first time, without arguing." And believe me, my parents told us to do all kinds of stuff! It just changed from day to day, situation to situation. We did have chore charts when we were younger but as we got older we were just asked to do certain chores when my mom wanted them done.</p> <p>I definitely want to have established house rules for our kids. I feel like then, you don't have to "get on" your kids about things you want them to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/household-rules#post-70585 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:13:41 +0000 chopsuey 70585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to greet our parents too. We always ate dinner together.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/household-rules#post-70583 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:10:16 +0000 heffalump 70583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummmm.....none. we had the obvious treat everyone with respect kind of things. We were pretty good kids so they didn't have to worry about us too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/household-rules#post-70581 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:15 +0000 Rubies 70581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What rules did your parents have for you when you were young?</p> <p>For me, whenever my dad came home we had to stop what we were doing and greet him at the door. Also, I had to keep my room clean. And when I was in high school, I had to vacuum the house before I was allowed to go out on the weekend.</p> <p>What rules did you have? </p>