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[quote=Anonymous]Family quiet hours are 10-7 during the week and midnight to 10 am weekends. During this time, everyone keeps the noise down on the bedroom level of the house.  (We have a furnished insulated basement, and noise down there doesn’t disturb people, so knock yourself out until 5 am).  We don’t care if and when you sleep, but you can’t expect people will go out of their way to be quiet after 10am on weekends.

You will let us know if you won’t be home for dinner or won’t be home by midnight and/or overnight. The first is common courtesy, the second is because parents worry.  We don’t need to know why.

You will be polite to other members of the family. If someone says Good Morning, respond in words, not grunts. Don’t use all the hot water in the morning. Put your dirty dishes in dishwasher.  Basic stuff they are out of practice on.

Guests are welcome.  Please text and let us know they are coming home with you. Female guests can hang out in the basement until whenever. But, they can’t spend the night in your room  Your sister is in the next bedroom.

You are responsible for cooking dinner once a week (every kid in our house has a night, adults have 2) and helping clean up after dinner if you aren’t the cook. You need to do your own laundry.  If you choose not to pick up for the cleaning lady and put out fresh sheets, I’ll tell her to skip your room and you can clean it or not.

Also, if someone asks for help and you are able to help you do.  Pick up milk on your way home from work. Carry a laundry basket upstairs after I injured my knee.  Bring the trash can in from the curb.

With few exceptions, you don’t have to participate in family plans (exceptions being things like birthday dinners, a sibling’s graduation, etc). But, if you say you will participate, that’s a commitment you needed to keep— especially if we bought tickets, etc.

You are not required to turn on Find My Phone. But, I hope you will. I won’t (and don’t) snoop. But if we are waiting for you for dinner, it’s nice to be able to look and see how far away you are.

My kid doesn’t drink. So we haven’t had to deal with that. [/quote]

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