4 Family Rules to Save Your Sanity This Week
We've officially entered that weird, unstructured stretch of the year where no one knows what day it is, everyone's eating like Buddy the Elf on a bender, and the family togetherness is at an all‑time high. Your house might currently feel like a pressure cooker… and not the kind that starts with Insta and ends in a tender pot roast.
If you're a parent and you're struggling, the context is not on your side right now. Fights over the remote, trouble keeping hands to themselves, and ears that don't seem to work. “What did I say?!"
If you don't love the way your household has been feeling, this is actually the perfect time for a family reset.
“Be respectful.”
“Be kind.”
“Make good choices.”
These are solid values — but they're not actionable. Kids can't operationalize them, and parents can't enforce them consistently.
That's why the Family Rules framework works so well. It turns vague expectations into clear, concrete, teachable rules that kids can actually follow.
Inside the workshop, I show you how to create rules that sound more like:
“Do what you're asked on the first try without complaining.”
“No yelling, shaming, or emotionally scary behavior.”
“No interrupting — wait your turn to talk.”
“No judgmental why questions.” Below is a video of exactly how enforcing this rule played out in an interaction between my 2 teenage girls with zero yelling or drama.
These are real examples from the Family Rules template (our actual family rules) included in the Family Rules, Chores, and Systems for Discipline Workshop. They're specific. They're observable. They're enforceable. And they reduce arguments almost immediately.
Because when kids know exactly what's expected, they don't have to test the boundaries to find them.
We also cover the drama-free system for discipline that parents are calling “magical”. I'm not making this up, check out the testimonials on our homepage.
When parents have a clear system, they don't have to negotiate, repeat themselves, or escalate. Parenting becomes more, dare I say it, ENJOYABLE.
For the next 10 days, I'm running a 10-Day Family Reset where you'll get:
️The $37 Family Rules Workshop (Done for you templates included)
PLUS
️Three live Q&A sessions with me
(These are normally once every two weeks — but for this reset, you get three in ten days. Replays available.)
You'll learn how to build a rules system that actually works for your family — not a Pinterest family, not a perfect family, not a theoretical family. Your family. And you won't have to start from scratch with our done-for-you, but editable rules, chores, and habit-builder cards templates.
If you're ready for a calmer home, clearer expectations, and fewer power struggles, start here: www.mikaross.com/familyrules
You deserve a home that feels peaceful. Your kids deserve clarity. And you don't have to figure this out alone.
Ready to help you tackle this,
