The Question and Answer Board

[NorthWesterner]

it is Matt
is in charge of saying what stays and what goes.

In our family, we had only a few basic rules.

One was: if you whine for it, you don't get it. Period. Even if you would have gotten it if you had asked nicely, whining loses it. Our kids quickly learned not to whine.

Another was: if you get an answer from one parent, that's it. We're NOT playing the game of play one parent off against the other. Period. End of discussion.

I hope Bob and Matt follow that second rule here. Actually, I hope they follow both of them.

Simple, effective rules for raising kids who were a bit more pleasant to be around than a lot of their friends.

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