این بخش از قواعد زندگی به آن مواردی می پردازد که هر کسی در ارتباط با خانواده و دوستان باید رعایت شان کند:

1.      If you are going to a friend, be a good friend. The most important bit is being there … and just for the good times.

2.      Never be too busy for loved ones. The more we put into our relationships, the more we get out of them.

3.      Let your kids mess up for themselves- they don’t need any help from you. You can’t steer them right all the time or they’d never learn for themselves.

4.      Have a little respect and forgiveness for your parents. Hey, there are lots of areas in all our lives where we aren’t very efficient or skilled or even enthusiastic.

5.      Give your kids a break. They get it in the neck from all directions and the word that figures most in their lives is ‘No’.

6.      Never lend money unless you are prepared to write it off. If you are precious about it, then don’t lend it in the first place.

7.      Keep schtum. Think about how you feel when people try to tell you what to do.

8.      There are no bad children. You can’t change a bad child but you can change bad behavior.

9.      Be up around people you love. Someone has to lift the burden, lift the spirits, lift the gloom.

10.   Give your kids responsibilities. As they grow you have to back off more and let them do more.

11.   Your children need to fall out with you to leave home. They have to break free before they can come home again as something more than just your child.

12.   Your kids will have friends you don’t like. If our child is hanging out with other kids that test our tolerance, it’s a good thing.

13.   Your role as a child. You have a duty to be courteous, thoughtful and co-operative towards your parents.

14.   Your role as a parent. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to be all that the very best parenting requires.