23 "rules of the home" old parenting who deserve a return
A small old structure could be exactly what your household has to prosper.
Ask a typical child today about therules in their house And you are likely to get nothing more than a confusion appearance. rules of the room, it seems, arethingy. After all, it's hard todraw lines and create limits When the 21st century children have the world at hand. But all this freedom we give to children can not be doing the favors of. According toGWEN DEWAR, PhD, siteparental sciencesThe children who do the law, without parental interference are more likely to develop aggressive, less active behavior, have more, and be more sensitive to dependence. Thus, the"Old" House Rules who made us roll our eyes retromaches may not be so bad after all. Here are 23 examples of old school guidance that was once common in households through American parents today, take note!
1 "No tasks, no compensation. »
When is it a weekly allocation becomes something that the kids have just despite do not do anything hard to win? You wait aallocation without tasks is like waiting every Christmas weekend to be just because you want more gifts! Life does not work this way, nor if your relationship with your children. In addition, rewards for tasks go beyond a little extra money. A study on the 2014 of theUniversity of Minnesota Noted that doing housework at a young age is one of the best successes for success later in life.
2 "Dinner time is family time. »
Phones at the table? Absolutely not! And do not even think of eating in front of the television. Dinner used to be an opportunity for the whole family to bring together together, establish visual contact, and talk about their day. And there are good reasons to bring back this old fashion rule mode: children who have conversations with dinner time their families develop a more advanced vocabulary, according to a 2006 study published in the journalNew orientations for the child and the development of adolescents. Not only that, but in 2018,University of Montreal Researchers Also discovered that family meals, make children healthier, both physically and emotionally.
3 "You get what you get and you do not get upset. »
There is no bigger red flag that you are dealing with aspoiled child May their constant disappointment that things provided by their parents are just not good enough. They do not have perfect toys, there are not enough candy for their liking, or it's just unfair that these are the only ones of their category that do not have a video game console yet. The truth is life is not always fair and is a great lesson for children to seize early. Your kids earlier learning to be grateful for what they have and not only what they want, better.
4 "Anger crises are never rewarded. »
Listen, as parents, we get it. Sometimes everything you want for your child to stop whining or trampling around the house like a tornado. But rewarding an angry crisis indicates only to the children they have found a winning strategy. If you do not want constant emotional collapses, so the best thing you can do is not appear as such easy way to get exactly what they want.
5 "Do not interrupt when an adult speaks. »
Learn to actually listen rather than push to run the chance to talk is a skill that will serve your children in the long run. Interrupt someone, especially an adult, is more than just a lack of respect. He demonstrates that you did not really pay attention in the first place.
6 "And get up when an adult enters the room. »
Your children should not break attention as they are in the army and the general has just entered the room. But when a child comes out of their seat when an adult on the move, it is a sign of respect. Sometimes he is thegestures who make all the difference.
7 "Settown is not negotiable. »
When it's time to close the lights and go to bed, children can become a tiny lawyers, arguing why they are unjustly penalized and make a case for bedtime later. Too often, parents and caveLeave their children to stay later Just to avoid an argument. But do not let win so easily, it's for their own good!
A 2018 report of theCenters for Disaster Control and Prevention (CDC) found that an alarming rate of 73 percent of high school students in 30 US statesare not getting enough sleep, which can seriously affect their mental and physical health and their performance at school. "Children and adolescents who do not get the amount of sleep recommended for their age are at increased risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and poor mental health, as well as injuries, problems of attention and behavior and poor academic performance, "according to the report.
8 "No offers, negotiations or wine."
Parents should not have toNegotiate with their children. Make a business with your children to finish their vegetables or promise them candies or toys in exchange for good behavior, puts them in power position. You are the boss, you make the rules and they must follow them, whether they like it or not.
9 "Always say" please "and 'thank you.'"
According toCultural and Youth Studies, 97% of young peoplelearn their ways of the House. So, if "please" and "thank you" are not regular words in your child's vocabulary at home, they will not be at school or elsewhere.
10 "Make your bed before getting off at breakfast."
With so many things to get ready in the morning, make a bed one step that most children do not know today. But they should not really be. AuthorCharles Duhigg explained in his Bestial BookThe power of the habitThe ritual to make your bed every morning "is correlated with better productivity, a greater feeling of well-being and stronger skills to stick with a budget". As Dhigg points out, "in a way these initial changes start chain reactions that help other good habits to take."
11 "Never wear a hat inside."
Yes, this includes your preferred baseball hat. As the expert label at theEmily Post Institute Note, "even in occasional culture, today's men and women still remove their hats as a sign of respect." So, if your children continue this tradition, even in your own home, it is certain to remind you to follow it elsewhere.
12 "Change school clothes and in your game clothes."
As parents, we work hard to buy our children with beautiful clothes at school and we do not want to see them destroyed after a muddy football tact in the park or rough housing with friends of the courtyard. If you make sure your kids take a few extra moments and turn into game clothes when they come home - preferably something that already has grass stains and teach their knees - who will teach them to enhance special clothes they own and manage them carefully.
13 "Wash before coming to the table."
And we do not want to say "Run your hands under warm water for two seconds. "theU.s. Ministry of Agriculture found in a 2018 study that 97% of the time, people are not properlywash one's hands (which means rub with soap and hot water for at least 20 seconds). So, if your children think they have been clean enough, there is only one chance of three percent they actually did. Encourage your children to take the time to clean correctly before dinner instancesgood hygiene and good habits. After all, there is no better way to make sureThe germs do not spread Around the dinner table!
14 "No dessert if you do not dinner."
If your child is "too complete" to touch vegetables again on their plate, there is no way to have room in the stomach for ice cream or cake. Let the kids indulge when they refused to eat food with a real nutritional value defines a bad precedent who will remain with them for the rest of their lives. Nobody should have a reward just to show.
15 "No elbows on the table."
This may seem the least correlative rule on this list, but in reality, there is a very good reason for that. When your elbows are out of the table, you naturally assert more straight. And when your posture is better, you present yourself as a person with more authority and people are more likely to listen to what you have to say. As parents, prohibiting elbows on the table is actually a way to prepare your children to be people who should be taken seriously. And who could chat with that?
16 "Dress for special meals."
Nobody asks them to wear a tie at breakfast. But from time to time, for a holiday or a special family of the family, it's nice to see everyone gatheredAround the table wearing something amateur that the wrinkled clothes they have been all day
17 "Parents are not short-order cooks."
There is no menu published in your family kitchen because parents are not restaurant managers and they do not eat depending on specific requests from anyone. If mom or dad decides that spaghetti is for dinner, thenSpaghetti is for dinner. Institute This rule is another way to make sure your children are grateful for what they are given.
18 "Ask permission before leaving the table."
The children who suddenly decide that they ended up with dinner and jump from their seats like they have better things to do, let parents look like a restaurant rather than taking a family meal. Ask to be excused is a show of respect, of course, but it also puts children in good ways on the line. They should not leave a date or social gathering without recognizing the host either, right?
19 "No food in bed."
Everyone has heard the classic "I promise to pay attention to this time. "But we all know how it will end: bed leaves covered in crumbs, and mom or dad will be the only one dealing with collateral damage. No thanks!
20 "Be at home when the street lights are lit."
This rule of the old house gave children some freedom, but within certain limits. And that kind ofStructured independence Could be what the doctor ordered these days. A 2018 report of theAmerican Association of Psychology I noticed that when children are overlooked, he can have negative consequences for their emotional and behavioral development. Trust children to take care of them as long as the sun is out, it's much better for them than to watch all their movements.
21 "Do not call unless it's an emergency."
Children must know that it is perfectly fine to call mom or dad and interrupt at night, but only if it's a real emergency. If you take these calls on where the TV remote control is located or listening to complaints that their little brother does not stop orient them, you do not help them learn to solve their problems.
22 "Knock before entering."
And we are not just talking about the bathroom, either. Whether in a bedroom, a home office or any other room of the house with a door, it is simply a common courtesy to announce the arrival before getting rid. Once again, everything is about borders between you and your children.
23 "Go to time-out if you are bad."
The punishment "time-out" gets a bad rap nowadays, but according to some research, like this extensive 30-year study published in 2010 inEducation and treatment of childrenDeadlines are effectively effective in changing the behavior, even for children with special needs. TheAmerican pediatric academyNotes in their guide on the effective discipline that "ignore, delete or hold parents' attention to reduce the frequency or intensity of undesirable behaviors" is particularly important in promoting the positive behavior of children ". So, send your children to death when they were bad, it's not inhuman - that's how you get results.