Family Rules

So this blog is for My family relations class. It is part of how the teacher gauges what we are taking from class. It is a pretty cool way to do it. And I can keep it and look back on it for years to come.
In class this week we talked a lot about family rules, and there is a lot involved in it. There are rules that are spoken, and there are rules that are implyed. There are rules about the rules. There are rules between siblings, rules between parents, and so much of it is non-verbal.
As we spoke in class I had to keep from giggling because I realized that there are rules in everything. Even I have rules for myself. Like, my name is Alexis and it doesn't get shortened, I am just Alexis.
My family was filled with rules, dad was always coming up with new ones, and they only lasted as long as dad was in the house. Then there are meta-rules, which are the rules about the rules. For example, the Rule can be that you don't back-talk to your mother, but the meta-rule is that teenagers are kind-of expected to do it anyway.
It can be very confusing and I don't think that I explained it right.
One of my favorite Family Rules was that mom and dad weren't allowed to speak to each other on fast sunday until after dinner when the crankiness had been appeased by food. The purpose of that rule was to keep the cross words at a minimum. Rules have purposes and functional families have many rules, but they are good rules. Rules are very important to the structure of a family, and the function.