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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Ten Commandments have worked pretty well for us. [/quote]

Your kids must be young. Come back when they’re teens and won’t stop coveting the neighbor’s ox. [/quote]

NP.  What do you mean by this?  Coveting other people’s material possessions (car, clothes, etc), or friends/girlfriend is a pretty standard part of being a teen.  
These rules seem simple, but they are hard to live by.  [/quote]

I think the Ten Commandments are great.  I think that many of us find we also need more specific rules like "Thou shall put thy own dishes in the dishwasher and not under thy bed to attract bugs", or "Thou shall not take thy chromebook into the bathroom with the camera on during Zoom school."  These things may not be as serious as "Thou shall not kill" but they seem like reasonable additions.  I'm pretty sure God doesn't mind.

I will say that I have one kid who, from birth seemed to know what "being kind" and "making safe choices" meant, and would have done great with a couple rules listed on the fridge, and another one who regularly needs to be told "I am adding this to the household rules. No climbing out the third floor window unless there is an actual fire.  No trying out the family fire escape plan in case there is a fire does not count."  [/quote]

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