The Importance of Rules in Parenting

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This chapter discusses how rules provide structure and guidance for children and explores the negative consequences of the absence of rules. Drawing a parallel to Bruce Springsteen's childhood, the speaker highlights the significance of teaching children about the realities and limitations of life.

You didn’t like rules when you were a kid. Your parents had too many. Your school was a prison of pointless, arbitrary ones—how you could dress, when you could go to the bathroom, how you had to hold the pencil.

So it makes sense that you’re averse to them now. It’s good that you question how many of them matter and don’t want to make the same mistakes as adults did in your own childhood.

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