Do Children Need Rules?
I am the mother to six rather adorable little creatures and they are at their best when they are fast asleep. Trust me we need rules and firm boundaries in place in our house or all hell would brake loose.
Children need boundaries and without rules they would run riot.
I do try to stay firm and stick to the rules but of course when there is constant whining or tantrum throwing I have been known to give in, none the less when I am sticking to my guns then no means no and actions have consequences.
I would not say I am a strict parent but I do like to think that my children are brought up around good guidelines and this means setting house rules.
I think the children react well to rules and the boundaries laid out for them, they are less likely to play up with bad behaviour when they are aware of what is tolerated and what is not.
I came across an article online that read;
A child also needs to learn that the world isn’t black and white, that when they are old enough to have to make moral decisions of their own, they can’t just fall back on behaving as their parents would or obeying a strict authority just because it is the easiest way.
This made me think…
I do think that children learn from their parents, as a responsible parent I want to give my kids the best possible start in life and I want them to grow into sensible, thoughtful and caring adults. I believe the rules and boundaries I have in place benefit them and teach them that life is not all about them getting what they want and that we have to follow rules in the real world.
What do you think – Do Children Need Rules?
About The Real Supermum
To live the life in the better way you have to follow the rules which all other people follow.
Of course they do as do adults… How wouldn’t the world look if everybody just did what they wanted…. I would not want to live in that world.
Of course, there’s loads of rules in our house and I just think it would fall apart if there wasn’t any x
The statement that said that the world is black and white…I would disagree. It is pretty black and white but the world doesn’t want us to think it is.
I am a firm believer that there is a right and a wrong always. There are definitely degrees of what is more right and degrees of what is more wrong but it is still right and wrong.
For example, in life there are things that are good to do and then there are things that are better to do and above both of these there are things that are best to do.
We definitely live in a world of mixed up morals. Anyway…that is my tangent on this topic.
Sincerely,
~Heidi (Juicing Blogger @ Juicingpedia)
Kai is 15 months next week and let me tell you he needs rules just for he’s own safety if anything else ! He’s a typical boy who seems to just create mess and destruction where ever he goes … I have now started to get him to help me clean hes toys up etc also have taken things away from him when he just chucks them around ! X
I think children do need rules. But i think we have to be careful not to go over the top as they need to learn from mistakes as we all did x
all children need rules.. if not thy would run riot lol xx
rules are the way we live its how we learn right and wrong, kids deffo need rules and boundries or there would be havvock and alot of stressed parents!
yes of corse they do its how they learn right from wrong xx
yes every child needs rules, or they will be the ones rulling the house lol x
Yes children defo need rules, I don’t even wanna imagine what my house would be like without it x
yes definatly they need to know right from wrong and rules r there for a reason to keep them safe etc xx
of course they need rules to grow into well rounded people x
My kids have rules on how to behave, They have a set bed time which if they mess around and run around after a certain time then they know it’s wrong children should defiantly have rules! xx
All children need rules same as teenages. aldults even live by some rules. Otherwise things would go tits up xx
Every one not just children need rules. But flexibility is all so needed
yes all children need rules x