Parents and guardians set rules for children and to help them understand the boundaries and guidelines for acceptable behavior.
Rules place parents in a leadership position and offer them an active, instead of reactive way of working with their children. When parents establish rules they are supporting self-control and impulse control in their children. So how do parents establish positive rules for their children?
Rules should be specific. Instead of “clean your room” a rule would state, clean your room means make your bed, put your clothes away, put all toys in your toy box.
Be firm and consistent. The more consistent you are the better the rules will be adhered to.
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