Household rules

[sunshine5705]

  I am just wondering what your basic rules are. Do you let your kids run in the house? Can they play in the living room or just their bedrooms. Do you expect inside voices. I'm struggling with getting a good set of ground rules and would like some input. My SO thinks that their shouldnt be playing in the living room we live in a 4 bedroom house with a huge yard and basement. He feels that the kids should play in their rooms basement or outside. I'm not bothered by them playing in the living room but understand his point that its where he goes to relax and watch tv..

[justpeachy71904]

hmmm we don't really have rules I guess. We don't like screaming in the house. But that's about it. We do play in the living room. A lot actually. Right now there are svl board fames in the living room. We do run in the house quite a bit chasing one another as well.

To be honest I don't know why we don't have rules.
Our major rules are like pertaining to back talk.

[letstalk747]

hi there ,  i agree with you hubby

     my rules are no running , no throwing , inside voice , clean up after yourself , homework all done -then can play , stay out of the fridge

[natesmom1228]

My son is able to play anywhere he wants. We have a 2 bedroom house and his playroom is downstairs, but I have no problem with him being in any part of the house. He knows he has to put away anything he takes out before he takes anything else out.

[lifeisajoy]

My son --is allowed to play ball in the kitchen or family room and it has to be thrown low and it has to be a soft-like ball-the reason he is allowed to play ball is because he LOVES ball and my son at times harder to get him outside and we have nasty winters here and he is very sensitive to the cold.  After the second time and he don't listen -ball gets put away (we usually don't get that far because he loves ball.  Another rule he can not touch the vcr/dvd player--we are on our 3rd one--he don't mean to break him but he has--one time he was clapping and then I noticed he ripped out the dvd thing out of the dvd and he had his dvd sitting in it and so happy-so none of that.  The other is good manners at table.  The other is say our prayers at dinner and bedtime.  the other is have a nap time and bed time.  The other is help pick up to the best of his ability --he has cerebral palsy and moderate delays-he can pick up things and put him in bucket.  The other is family helps each other out.  That is all I can think of right now--Oh he needs to listen when someone is talking (but that is a hard one for him sometimes but we still try to keep to that.  The other one is he is not allowed near the stove when I am cooking or anyone is cooking-he don't understand danger.  The other is he is not allowed outside without us-mainly I have to lock screen door or he could fall out of his wheelchair.  The other is nice touches no grabbing--he does pretty good at that sometimes need manners.  The other is no pounding if he does he loses a favored activity or privilege--like if he wants to watch his movie or play ball --nope---

The big one is use words-no matter if it is picture words, talk box, picture book ,or mouth words (he tries to say a word) or hand words--sign language--

That is some-I am sure I forgot some

[CameronsMommy23]

Our kids can play anywhere but the bathrooms or my room. They have to help pick up their toys, and we try to keep them from running but twin toddlers run constantly.

[willysmama]

we play all over the apartment. We mostly play in the living room since his bedroom is on the 2nd floor. We roll the ball on the floor or we go outside. Inside voice is appreciated more than the screaming. Clean up when done playing with a certain toy before getting more out. Homework done(first year for homework so we will see how it goes) before tv