Ok, I thought of this while browsing another forum and reading a thread. My comment kind of rambled (I know, imagine that, right?) and it made me think of this. But I wasn't sure that was the forum I really wanted to open this up to. So, here goes....

LOL

Do you have any odd, out of the ordinary, not your typical house rule kind of house rules around your home?
And with said 'rules' do you have outlandish consequences for infractions?

Example from T's house:

I have a lot of boys (and a girl who might as well be another boy LOL). Boys, um, stink. LOL
I harass every single one of them when they 'let loose'. Our standard house rule is to say 'excuse me' so that we are all warned and no one is left blaming another for the stink.

However, I instilled a new one...

10 crunches (or squats or whatever else I feel like that day/moment) for each pass of gas in my presence
Downfall, sometimes this induces another 'pass', which then results in another infraction. But that's usually as far as THAT goes.

The girl and 4 yr old also must pay this price. The 4 yr old does some FUNNY squats, let me tell ya hehehe

I've yet to get the baby in on it. Though, he's not like the others just yet, so, it's 'ok'.


So, are we *really* weird now? Does anyone else have anything like this in their house? LOL

On the less odd/more positive side...I will reward a quarter for bugs killed in my house :D

I can't think of any but you've given me great inspiration!!

Btw:LOL!

LOL

I wondered if it might 'inspire' anyone *snort*

LOL! That's funny, Tara! :lol:

I don't know... There have been some odd things over the years that never occurred to me I'd have to 'teach' my kids. With our kids being homeschooled and not around a lot of other kids, there are things they would have learned through osmosis at school; things you never think of having to teach your kids.

For instance, having to teach them to check their noses for boogers before they leave the house. Until you've heard a kid teased in kindergarten for having a big ol boog in the snot locker, it never occurs to a kid!

"Check your beak for boogs, kiddo" Ugh! [whatblah]

Or... "If you don't PUT chapstick on those cracked lips and KEEP it on, I WILL ground you until they're healed! Got it?!?" LOL! [whatheadagainstthe:

Or, for teenagers... "POP that ZIT! You may not leave the house with snow on the mountaintops, ever! It's naaaasty! CHECK your FACE!" LOL!! [rotfl]

Yes, I've been through each one of these things with one child or another. They've never seen anyone teased or embarrassed for not fitting in, so you have to actually tell them what's socially acceptable and what's not. hehe! Who knew? The things they never warn you about when you first decide to homeschool your children... LOL! [rofl]

[lovingsmiley]

Joy [welcomewave]

10 crunches (or squats or whatever else I feel like that day/moment) for each pass of gas in my presence
Downfall, sometimes this induces another 'pass', which then results in another infraction. But that's usually as far as THAT goes.

That... would induce a serious amount of laughter in my house... and one annoyed daddy... which would seriously induce a considerable more amount of laughter (from mum, no less)... Dad hates those wiffy smells and he gets so angry (Im roflmbo right now about it).

Anyway. Sophie just reminded me today of a time when they'd argue and Id make them hold hands doing whatever they're doing, like chores. Chores make my kids argue, they get grumpy when they are torn away from the nothing they are doing...

Ive also had them sit and stare at each other for arguing. I guess one thing I hate above all else is their bickering... This sometimes has them in fits of laughter too...

Ill also make them just give each other a hug and maybe hold each other like that... usually till someone falls down... and the laughter ensues...

Those are when Im feeling inspired....

The most "unique" punishment in our house was probably for my 2 older sisters (they were only 16 months apart...so they were close one minute and fighting the next:) ) but Mom use to make them wash windows...one on the inside and one on the outside of the SAME window so they had to look at each other:) Most times they ended up laughing by the time they were done.

By the way, Tara...you have inspired me :mrgreen: Ya think I could start with dh :lol:

If you get your hubby on board you'll have to let me know how you did it LOL My hubs insists he does more than his share of crunches, etc.

Um, ok, whatever, but YOU are still my primary culprit for stink at home! *snort*

Gen...when ours were little and did something to hurt a sibling we would teach them to say 'sorry' and hug. As they've gotten older we dismiss the hug part...unless the olders are just being really ridiculous about something, then we say "do I need to make you two hug?" and they bust up laughing/semi-embarrassed.

I'll have to try the staring for bickering one. I'm sure that would soon result in laughter. :)

Ill also make them just give each other a hug and maybe hold each other like that... usually till someone falls down... and the laughter ensues...

Those are when Im feeling inspired....

We do that here. I have to say I never considered it weird before but now I'm laughing. You've inspired me.

Joy, I never considered that I'd have to teach my children to check their noses before leaving the house. The joys of homeschooling. [rotfl]

We grew up in a cul-de-sac so our neighborhood so our roaming area was somewhat limited. When it was time to come home our dad would stand at the end of the driveway and whistle. No matter where we were, we had better be in earshot of that whistle. :-D

My husband used to tell the kids "No honkytonk talk" and "No caveman talk". HT talk was when one of them was sort of mocking the other one. Caveman talk was mumbling or sort of grunting out words. :mrgreen:

We don't have any different rules I don't think. We do not allow our kids to pick their noses. We just tell them that snot is our body's waste product, like poo, and it has germs, so we need to use a tissue. It works pretty well. If we do see a finger up a nose, we head right to the sink for a handwashing! :-D

We don't mind toots in our house. I grew up with a mother who NEVER tooted in front of ANYONE...not even my father. If I burped, even if it was a quiet one that I said excuse me after she would act disgusted. I don't want my kids to grow up thinking natural body processes are wrong. We are teaching them to be polite in public, but gas will always happen as long as we are alive....now I have girls, so we don't get the "try to guess what I ate by the smell" stuff either...LOL!

blessings,
Amber