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Rules of Parenting, The: A Personal Code for Bringing Up Happy, Confident Children, 4th edition
Published by Pearson Business (November 30, 2022) © 2023
- Richard Templar
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Rules for staying saneÂ
1 RelaxÂ
2 No one is perfectÂ
3 Be contentÂ
4 Know what you're good atÂ
5 Almost any rule can be broken occasionallyÂ
6 Don't try to do everythingÂ
7 You don't have to follow every piece of advice you get (including this one)Â
8 It's normal to want to escapeÂ
9 You're allowed to hide from your kidsÂ
10 Parents are people tooÂ
11 Don't ignore your relationship with your partnerÂ
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Attitude RulesÂ
12 Love is not enoughÂ
13 Every recipe needs different ingredientsÂ
14 Anything extreme is almost certainly wrongÂ
15 Look pleased to see themÂ
16 Treat your child with respectÂ
17 Enjoy their companyÂ
18 It's not about you – it's about themÂ
19 Being tidy isn't as important as you thinkÂ
20 Good parenting is calculated risk takingÂ
21 Keep your worries to yourselfÂ
22 See things from their point of viewÂ
23 Parenting is not a competitive sportÂ
24 Never emotionally blackmail themÂ
Everyday RulesÂ
25 Let them get on with itÂ
26 Let them go (wild)Â
27 Teach them to think for themselvesÂ
28 Use praise wiselyÂ
29 Make sure they know what's importantÂ
30 Show them how to loseÂ
31 Know the value of boundariesÂ
32 Bribery doesn't have to be badÂ
33 Moods are catchingÂ
34 You're setting their eating patterns for lifeÂ
35 CommunicateÂ
36 Set clear targetsÂ
37 Don't be a nagÂ
Discipline RulesÂ
38 Present a united frontÂ
39 Carrots beat sticksÂ
40 Be consistentÂ
41 Lighten upÂ
42 Focus on the problem, not the personÂ
43 Don't paint yourself into a cornerÂ
44 If you lose your temper, you're the loserÂ
45 Apologise if you get it wrongÂ
46 Let them back inÂ
47 The right of expressionÂ
Personality RulesÂ
48 Find what incentives work for your childÂ
49 Every child should have something they know they're good atÂ
50 Learn to appreciate the qualities that remind you of someone elseÂ
51 Look for the similarities between youÂ
52 Find qualities to admire in themÂ
53 Let them be better than youÂ
54 Their attitude is as important as their achievementsÂ
55 Keep your fears and insecurities to yourselfÂ
56 Mind your programmingÂ
57 Don't try to have a perfect childÂ
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Sibling RulesÂ
58 Give them each otherÂ
59 Recognize that squabbling is healthy (within reason)Â
60 Teach them to sort out their own argumentsÂ
61 Work as a teamÂ
62 Let them entertain each otherÂ
63 Never compare children with each otherÂ
64 Different children need different rulesÂ
65 Don't have a favouriteÂ
66 Mix and matchÂ
67 Find each child's strengthsÂ
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School RulesÂ
68 Schooling isn't the same as educationÂ
69 School comes as a packageÂ
70 Fight your child's cornerÂ
71 Bullying is always seriousÂ
72 Teach them to stand up for themselvesÂ
73 Put up with friends of theirs you don't likeÂ
74 Remember you're their parent, not their teacherÂ
75 Don't mollycoddle themÂ
76 Let up the pressureÂ
77 They have to live with their choices (and it's OK)Â
Teenage RulesÂ
78 Don't panicÂ
79 Remember Newton's Third LawÂ
80 Give them a voiceÂ
81 Don't look under the mattressÂ
82 Running round after them doesn't help anybodyÂ
83 Don't stand in front of a speeding trainÂ
84 Yelling isn't the answerÂ
85 Let them have the last wordÂ
86 Everything comes with stringsÂ
87 Show some respect for the things they care aboutÂ
88 Adopt a healthy attitude to sexÂ
Crisis RulesÂ
89 Don't use your kids as ammunitionÂ
90 Let them cope in their own wayÂ
91 Being younger doesn't necessarily speed everything upÂ
92 The aftershock can last foreverÂ
93 Tell them what's going onÂ
94 Teach them to fail successfullyÂ
95 It's better to agree than to be rightÂ
96 All of your actions speak louder than any of your wordsÂ
97 Make sure they know they're priority no. 1Â
98 You can't fix everythingÂ
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Grown-up Rules Â
99 Back offÂ
100 Wait until they ask for adviceÂ
101 Treat them as adultsÂ
102 Don't try to be their best friendÂ
103 Encourage them regardlessÂ
104 You can't choose who your children loveÂ
105 Leave the strings offÂ
106 Don't guilt-trip themÂ
107 Remember they still need youÂ
108 It's not your faultÂ
109 Once a parent, always a parentÂ
Rules about your parentsÂ
1 Don't put them on a pedestalÂ
2 Let them be grandparentsÂ
3 Don't ask too much of themÂ
4 Don't guilt-trip them – even by mistakeÂ
5 Learn to shareÂ
6 They're new to this tooÂ
7 Understand that they don't come from the same place as youÂ
8 Any grandparent is better than no grandparentÂ
9 Don't bad-mouth them in front of the kidsÂ
10 They love you just like you love your kidsÂ
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