If someone is sad, we ask if we can do anything to make them feel better.
Rule 13. When we do the wrong thing, we try to fix it. Part b. Section iv.
Tag / kindness
Rule 12. We are truth speakers. Part c. Section iii.
We are kind with the truth.
We try not to be showoffs.
Rule 10. It is a parent’s job to teach their children their rules and make sure their children follow those rules.
Sometimes this means doing things that would otherwise count as breaking the rules.
Parents may pick their kids up and put them in the kids’ rooms if the kids do not follow the rules.
Parents may take away a toy, screen device, or other item from a person who does not follow the rules.
Rule 2. Section a. Part ii. We do not hurt animals or other living things for fun or carelessly. If we are eating the animal or protecting something from an animal or have what we believe to be a good reason we act with care and do not hurt it more than necessary. Subsection aa. Clarification 1.
c.f. Rule 1, Rule 5. Part l, Rule 11, Rule 14. Part a. Section i
*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?
Rules and law are living things. Sometimes as we write the funny overly specific rules and discuss them with our families, we realize that we need to adjust and amend the core rules. In this case I have drafted a rule against the hurting of animals, Matt is thinking about it. Some things are really complicated and self contradictory but still important.
Clarification 1. Don’t pet the stink caterpillar on the parsley. Anymore.
Rule 2. section a. part i.
c.f. Rule 1, Rule 2. part b, Rule 3. part a, part b, part i, Rule 5. part e, Rule 7. part e, part d, Rule 9. part a, Rule 11. part d.
*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?
We are thoughtful and kind with loud noises, especially with fireworks and people and pets who find them startling.
Model Family Rules 