• Rules are meant to provide safety, structure and predictability for your children.
• Rules are not meant to be a display of your power over your children.
• Too many rules will confuse your children, decreasing the effectiveness of the rules and defeating your attempt to provide predictable responses for your children.
• A rule that is not enforced is worse than no rule at all.
• Your children will test your rules. Their behavior may get worse before it gets better.