The Rules of Parenting
October 24, 2008 by Kailani
Filed under books, family topics, giveaways, product reviews, random thoughts
This giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your participation.
The winners are ab, Julie Neff, Samantha, Pat, Kristinia, My Precious Pennies, Linda B, Rebecca C, Sarah, & Vanessa C.
Congratulations!
Do you ever wish there were a set rules on how to be a good parent? Well, The Rules of Parenting: A Personal Code for Raising Happy, Confident Children by Richard Templar.
From Amazon.com: “There are lots of wrong ways to bring up your kids, but there are lots of right ones, too. There’s no list of instructions you have to follow to the letter if you don’t want your child to end up a loser. The Rules of Parenting presents the principles to follow which you can adapt to suit you and your children. Beginning with the first rule “Relax” and continuing through 100 rules, this book presents a guide to everything a parent needs to know from toddling, school, boyfriends or girlfriends, through driving lessons and college. The book begins with a section that covers the most important rules, The Rules for Staying Sane. The rest of the sections cover the some of the big questions of parenting, including the Attitude Rules, the Discipline Rules, the Sibling Rules, the School Rules, the Teenage Rules, the Crisis Rules, all the way up to the Grown-up Rules. “
I had the opportunity to review this book and although I didn’t agree with everything in it, I found it to be entertaining and a great read. There were a lot of helpful advice that really made me sit down and think about the way I’m raising my girls.
I especially liked rule #1: Relax.
“Really good parents expect their children to be noisy, messy, bouncy, squabbly, whiny, and covered in mud. They take it all in stride. They know they’ve got 18 years to turn these small creatures into respectable grown-ups, and they pace themselves. No rush to get them acting like adults – they’ll get there in good time.”
So true. And something I definitely need to work on. I need to try to remember that my girls are just kids and kids make noise and messes. I need to remember to let them just be kids sometimes. 
Buy it!
Purchase your copy of The Rules of Parenting from Amazon.com today for $11.55.
Win it!
I have 10 copies of The Rules of Parenting to give away to ten lucky winners. To enter:
- Just mention in comments before midnight, Nov 1st one important rule in your family. That’s it!
- A random winner will be selected and notified on Nov 2nd.
- The winner will then have 3 days to claim their prize.
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This giveaway is open to US addresses. Good luck!
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Family is more important than friends. Thanks!!
I want my daughter to know that your only as good as your word and when it comes to friendships its better to have quality than quantity.
No television while eating dinner!
Use your words – not your hands!
Show Respect to others.
No running out in the street!
Sweet niblets!
SAY I LOVE YOU DAILY
Listen and love!
Family comes first!
consider other people’s feelings and treat them the way u would want to be treated.
We live by leading by example, and try and find solutions to problems instead of giving up. Thanks!
Be kind to others. Even if they are unkind to you. It’s something my parents instilled into me and I want to do the same with my daughter.
To treat others as you want to be treated.
My most valuable lesson in life was taught to me by my mother and I have passed it along: do unto others as you would have them do unto you! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
The biggest rule in our house is No shoes on the couch. And they need to use sir and maam
Say your prayers before bed.
Say your prayers before bed.
I am a subscriber
I put your button on my blog.
The one important rule in my family is to work hard.
I subscribed to your feed.
Vanessa
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Aloha ~ Kailani
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Sarah
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Rebecca
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Linda
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My Precious Pennies
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Kristinia
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Pat
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Samantha
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Julie
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ab
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Bedtime is bedtime. Or in my house, ‘it’s sleep time, not party time’!
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Interesting article thanks!