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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 118990" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I have a standing house rule that cerfew is at midnight, period. Not that this can't be negotiated due to a job or something special. BUT it has to be negotiated before hand. </p><p> </p><p>Calling if you're gonna be late is expected. If you "forget" to call and don't happen to get home before the deadline and I've decided to go to bed.....oh well, have fun sleeping elsewhere cuz I'm not getting up to let you in. Respect goes both ways.</p><p> </p><p>Miss cerfew 3 times without calling is grounds for finding your own place.</p><p> </p><p>Nichole is already at what I consider 2 strikes. She knows this and has been extremely careful NOT to get the 3rd one.</p><p> </p><p>However she did ask to sleep over at boyfriend's while his parents were out of town a few weeks ago. I said nope. She pulled the I'm 18 ace in her pocket. I said you sure are. But honey in my opinion if you can find other places to sleep then why in the heck are you still living under MY roof??</p><p> </p><p>I don't consider myself unreasonable at all. But I also will not sit up and worry over grown children's where abouts either or whether they are alive or dead. My Mom had the same rule as did her mother before her. I never saw it as unreasonable even when I was 18.</p><p> </p><p>Like the coffee mug Travis bought me for xmas says "My Castle My Rules." :queen:</p><p> </p><p>Once a child turns 18 in my home they transform from childhood to an adult, which means their living arrangements have become a privilege not a right.</p><p> </p><p>Set your rules and stick by them. If he doesn't like it then he can find his own place. If he doesn't have the means to find his own place then he should be eating a bit of humble pie and happy to follow house rules in order to stay at home for free.</p><p> </p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 118990, member: 84"] I have a standing house rule that cerfew is at midnight, period. Not that this can't be negotiated due to a job or something special. BUT it has to be negotiated before hand. Calling if you're gonna be late is expected. If you "forget" to call and don't happen to get home before the deadline and I've decided to go to bed.....oh well, have fun sleeping elsewhere cuz I'm not getting up to let you in. Respect goes both ways. Miss cerfew 3 times without calling is grounds for finding your own place. Nichole is already at what I consider 2 strikes. She knows this and has been extremely careful NOT to get the 3rd one. However she did ask to sleep over at boyfriend's while his parents were out of town a few weeks ago. I said nope. She pulled the I'm 18 ace in her pocket. I said you sure are. But honey in my opinion if you can find other places to sleep then why in the heck are you still living under MY roof?? I don't consider myself unreasonable at all. But I also will not sit up and worry over grown children's where abouts either or whether they are alive or dead. My Mom had the same rule as did her mother before her. I never saw it as unreasonable even when I was 18. Like the coffee mug Travis bought me for xmas says "My Castle My Rules." :queen: Once a child turns 18 in my home they transform from childhood to an adult, which means their living arrangements have become a privilege not a right. Set your rules and stick by them. If he doesn't like it then he can find his own place. If he doesn't have the means to find his own place then he should be eating a bit of humble pie and happy to follow house rules in order to stay at home for free. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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