Comments on: How to Watch Remington Steele for Free http://www.mamaonthego.com/how-to-watch-remington-steele-for-free/ One Mama, Many Hats Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:47:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jenna http://www.mamaonthego.com/how-to-watch-remington-steele-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-3193 Jenna Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:24:18 +0000 http://www.mamaonthego.com/?p=1312#comment-3193 As the Mom of three teens and step Mom to 6 more I feel confident to give some valid advice on the subject of teens. #1. Rule each child should have space where they can go when they want to be alone, this space should have music , but no internet, no tv and certainly no cell phone use in this space. #2. Keep the computer where you can keep an eye on them anything else is just not wise. #3. Phone usage is 20 minutes unless special permission otherwise and cell phone is pay as you go plan only to be used to inform parents of your wearabouts, ride needs , or an emergency anything more than this and you are creating your own problems. #4. TV watching during the week when they have school should be extremely limited ( being on a sports team should be mandatory!) #5. Social time out on the weekend is also mandatory and given the age should have privledges increase with the age. #6. All teens should learn basic cooking, cleaning, home repairs, entertaining, home economics, budgetting and other necessary skills of life! Use all that TV internet and cell phone time to teach these. Follow these rules and you will be much closer to an independent adult when they are 18 than you are to a spoiled child who thinks the world owes them something just because they showed up ! Rules of life: If you dirty it you will need to clean it , if you dropped it you will need to pick it up. If you expect a roof over your head you will have to work for it..... As the Mom of three teens and step Mom to 6 more I feel confident to give some valid advice on the subject of teens.

#1. Rule each child should have space where they can go when they want to be alone, this space should have music , but no internet, no tv and certainly no cell phone use in this space.

#2. Keep the computer where you can keep an eye on them anything else is just not wise.

#3. Phone usage is 20 minutes unless special permission otherwise and cell phone is pay as you go plan only to be used to inform parents of your wearabouts, ride needs , or an emergency anything more than this and you are creating your own problems.

#4. TV watching during the week when they have school should be extremely limited ( being on a sports team should be mandatory!)

#5. Social time out on the weekend is also mandatory and given the age should have privledges increase with the age.

#6. All teens should learn basic cooking, cleaning, home repairs, entertaining, home economics, budgetting and other necessary skills of life!
Use all that TV internet and cell phone time to teach these.

Follow these rules and you will be much closer to an independent adult when they are 18 than you are to a spoiled child who thinks the world owes them something just because they showed up !

Rules of life: If you dirty it you will need to clean it , if you dropped it you will need to pick it up. If you expect a roof over your head you will have to work for it…..

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