offspring.lifehacker.com

Re-Evaluate Your Parenting Rules This Year

Some rules you set for your kids will be long-standing expectations. You’re probably never going to be okay with the kids hitting you—or each other—for instance. As long as they live with you, it’s never gonna be cool for them to throw a party while you’re out of town, or lie about where they’ve been. But some rules you set are meant for a specific moment in time. They may not even be rules you in