قاعده های عشق در این بخش قاعده هایی است که در خانواده باید مراعات شود:

 

1.      Don’t blame your parents. How can anyone be expected not to put a foot wrong in 18 years/

2.      Don’t let your parents control your feelings. You’re programmed to assume your parents are right about everything.

3.      Your children come before you. I know being a parent is exhausting, but that’s the nature of the job.

4.      Nothing is worth falling out over. If you want your family to be there for you, you’ve got to be there for them.

5.      Treat them right, no matter how they treat you. Behave exactly as if these people were your friends and not your family.

6.      There are no circumstances in which it is ever acceptable to say ‘I told you so’. If you voice the words ‘I told you so’, you have relinquished the moral high ground.

7.      Don’t pressurize your family just because you can. It’s not fair that you make a fuss just because you can.

8.      Never be too busy for loved ones. Sometimes of course it can mean putting yourself out.

9.      Your children need to fall out with you to leave home. You might as well give in and let them have a decent argument with you.

10.   They don’t have to be the same as you. Stop assuming they’ll want what you want.

11.   There’s always stuff with siblings. That child who you used to squabble with, or envy, or wind up all those years ago has long gone.

12.   Let go of your role. The role is so natural you slip into it without thinking.

 

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