When someone needs or wants help, we try to help them (unless they tell us not to).
Rule 7. We are helpers. Part a.
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Rule 6. We assert ourselves appropriately.
Rule 3. Part a. Section i.
c.f. Rule 1, Rule 7. Part c, Part d, Rule 12. Part a. Section i. Subsection aa.
*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?
No crawling under the dinner table and playing with people’s toes when we have guests.
Rule 3. We use consent. Part i.
If someone gives us permission to do something, but then they change their mind, we still have to stop.
Rule 3. We use consent. Part h.
We call people only the names they like to be called.
Rule 3. We use consent. Part f.
We don’t take things away from other people without their permission, even if they shouldn’t have the things. Either solve the problem by discussing it or find an adult to help.
Rule 3. We use consent. Part e.
We don’t wake up another person without their permission. People need to get enough sleep to be happy and healthy and well.
Rule 3. We use consent. Part d.
We don’t go into another person’s room without their permission.
Rule 3. We use consent. Part c.
If someone says “No,” “Don’t” or “Stop,” or if they yell or do something else that lets us know they don’t like what we’re doing, then we stop what we’re doing immediately.
Rule 3. We use consent. Part b.
We don’t touch or do anything to another person’s things without their permission.
Model Family Rules 