Last weeks Family Home Evening was great, and the results that we have seen since then have been even better. I decided to focus on rules, discipline, and behavior in our home. All of you that know my kids, know that they are very well behaved, but I feel like there is always room for improvement, so with that in mind, here is what we did.
As a family we chose three "rules" for our home. Earlier I had started to make a list of all of our rules, but it got to be too long. I also felt it was too specific. I want the kids to use their own discretion as to how to interpret and follow rules, so there needed to be some room for interpretation in our rules. Here is what we came up with.
1. Love
(Family is all about love. It is definitely one of the greatest gifts we have been given. We need to treat each other with love.)
2. Respect
(This one covers everything :) If you have respect for your parents you obey them. If you have respect for your toys, you keep them picked up. If you have respect for your home, you help keep it clean. The list could go on and on. I love this one)
3. Work
(We are all part of this family, and we will all work everyday to keep it running the way we want. We don't have chore charts or rewards or anything like that. We do what is needed, when it is needed. We don't keep score. We help each other with all the work in our family so we can all enjoy the rewards together.)
I could really go on and on about this, but I'll just say this past week has been great. The kids are taking on more and more responsibility without being asked and I really appreciate it. I think they are getting the whole "We're all in this together" thing. (Please appreciate the HSM reference :) But, that is what it all boils down to...
We're all in this together!
As a family we chose three "rules" for our home. Earlier I had started to make a list of all of our rules, but it got to be too long. I also felt it was too specific. I want the kids to use their own discretion as to how to interpret and follow rules, so there needed to be some room for interpretation in our rules. Here is what we came up with.
1. Love
(Family is all about love. It is definitely one of the greatest gifts we have been given. We need to treat each other with love.)
2. Respect
(This one covers everything :) If you have respect for your parents you obey them. If you have respect for your toys, you keep them picked up. If you have respect for your home, you help keep it clean. The list could go on and on. I love this one)
3. Work
(We are all part of this family, and we will all work everyday to keep it running the way we want. We don't have chore charts or rewards or anything like that. We do what is needed, when it is needed. We don't keep score. We help each other with all the work in our family so we can all enjoy the rewards together.)
I could really go on and on about this, but I'll just say this past week has been great. The kids are taking on more and more responsibility without being asked and I really appreciate it. I think they are getting the whole "We're all in this together" thing. (Please appreciate the HSM reference :) But, that is what it all boils down to...
We're all in this together!
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