c.f. Rule 1, Rule 3. Part b, Part g, Rule 4, Rule 5. Part a, Rule 6. Part b, Rule 7. Part d, Rule 13. Part b. Section v

*The children have requested that we shift some of the focus from children’s rules to rules for adults. While all of the rules are generally good for everyone, the curiously specific rules and illustrations do focus more on silly situations with children. This rule is from a true story about adults.

*This rule is not part of the standard Model Family Rules. It is in the extended set of Oddly Specific But Necessary rules that we or our friends needed to make. What oddly specific rules have you had to make?

Don’t make up songs about your children’s problems. Even if it seems like it might help them remember the solution.