What don't you allow your kids?

[swasat]

So I am utterly curious now, based on some responses I have read today.

What are your kids NOT allowed to do inside your house? Are any toys, games, activities really  restricted? A strict no-no?

In our home, kids are not allowed outside shoes on the carpet. And no scooter riding and soccer on the main level. Other than that everything is fair game. 

I have cleaned gatorade from the carpet, cleaned playdough from the walls, scraped chocolate from the furniture and vaccumed cheerios from every where in the house. My house is not immaculate but its not dirty either. With a 9 and a 6 yo we have learned to live with a less than immaculate house.

I am saddened by the restrictions some people put on their kids. A childhood deprived of creating messes in the house 

[Deleted]

I am just like you! 

[whoisjohngalt]

What thread were you reading?

And do you REALLY want me to respond to OP?

[swamp]

No throwing balls and hitting the windows or the tv.

Other than that, meh. I even allow the scooters in the house.

[swasat]

Feb 18, 2014 13:08:13 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

What thread were you reading?

And do you REALLY want me to respond to OP?

Doxie's house hunting thread, last 2-3 pages.

And YES! To the second question 

[Sam_2.0]

It changes daily Mainly an update to the safety rules based on what DD has figured out how to do. She has to be standing off the tile floor of the kitchen and on the hardwood floor of the dining room when I open the oven. She can still see what I am doing but she's not close enough to touch (about 3 ft away). And she's not allowed to use the chairs to push over to the counter to then climb up on the counters to get in the cabinets. The girl is going to give me a heart attack early, I tell ya!

Playing outside at our house is not allowed at all. The drive-by shooting a couple blocks away yesterday that hit a little girl just confirmed that rule again for us.

Other than that, we are pretty flexible with things.

[whoisjohngalt]

Well, there is no food, no art supplies upstairs.  No outside shoes in the family room.

No throwing things (honestly, it will change in a bit, but for now, they don't distinguish yet what they can or can not throw)

Ummm....no touching anything if you didn't wash your hands after using a bathroom

No touching things like windows and curtain "stringies"

I think that's about it.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

No throwing/kicking balls in the house.  I'd prefer she not color on the walls again but DH bought paint it'll come right off of so no big deal.

DH isn't a huge fan of play-dough so I don't buy it.  Grandma has it right across the street and brings it over when she babysits.  He lives with occassional play-doh mess in exchange for date night.

We've also butted heads over a sandbox but now that we no longer have carpet in the kitchen (blech!) he's much less resistent to the idea.

Pretty much everything else is fair game. 

[chen35]

No food in their bedrooms (they leave it, then the dog gets into it).

That's really the only thing I can think of that I've actually had to make a 'rule' about. They are pretty calm for the most part, plus the youngest is 9, so we don't really have coloring on the walls type issues.

[swamp]

Oh yeah, no food other that at the kitchen counter/bar.

[lynnerself]

Feb 18, 2014 13:28:17 GMT -5 swamp said:

Oh yeah, no food other that at the kitchen counter/bar.

How old are your kids?

I found this rule really hard to enforce once my kids were staying home by themselves after school.

[swamp]

Feb 18, 2014 13:35:02 GMT -5 lynnerself said:

Feb 18, 2014 13:28:17 GMT -5 swamp said:

Oh yeah, no food other that at the kitchen counter/bar.

How old are your kids?

I found this rule really hard to enforce once my kids were staying home by themselves after school.

6 and 7.

The drop crumbs everywhere and spill things.

[Bob Ross]

No being on my lawn.

That's for your kids.

[Wisconsin Beth]

no toy golf clubs in the living room
no running with my Kindle or scissors
no tackling your sister! 
no writing in books!
no eating in the bedrooms

We don't do a lot of playdoh or painting but we've got about 50,000 crayons and markers (not to mention coloring books and paper for the kids)

[garion2003]

Mom always said, "Don't play ball in the house!"

[zibazinski]

Well, when they were little, they weren't allowed to run on the tile after swimming- because the floor was wet and they'd fall and hurt themselves. Running inside was kind of a no-no. Only sharp objects used while sitting down. As adults, they aren't allowed to bring losers to meet me. So far, so good! 

[Pants]

She's not yet 2, so...
No going up or downstairs without mommy or daddy around.
No putting stickers on walls or cabinets.
No play-doh on the carpet - have to put it on a hard surface.
No pulling on stuff - curtains, TV, oven, etc.
No giving her snacks to the dogs.

Other than that, anything goes. Those rules will change as she gets older, obviously. But I don't have a problem with her making a mess.

[The Captain]

We have two cats, (that's my excuse ) so nothing too loud or noisey.  I personally think it's easier with an only child as it seems a pair (or more) find ways to be "creative" .

Food is only at dining table or in living room if we're all watching tv together.  All messy art/crafts are done at dining table (once it's covered in massive amounts of newspapers). 

No ball playing, roller blades, etc in the house.  No mini-helicopters flying through the air etc.  Forget the cats, momma doesn't want to be freaked out.

You can touch anything you want as long at it's not in a curio cabinet. 

DD has always been pretty mellow (THANK GOD!!!) so we really haven't had many issues.  Markers on walls were painted over and the bedspread is still usable despite the spilled nail polish.  I just can't get too excited about that kind of stuff.

Now if she'd spilled the nailpolish on a sofa that would be different, but she's really good about understanding where she can push the limits a little.

[Shooby]

  We are very relaxed.  Kids can eat in the living room, their bedroom, whereever as long as they pick up their dishes.  DD can do artwork in the kitchen, that is usually best though i let her paint her friends' nails in the living room.  They can't draw on the walls.  The walls are not for that.
   As for what they can do, i limit sleepovers.  I don't mind an occassional sleepover but if they had their way, that would be happening literally 20 days a month.  Some kids here have sleepovers during the week!  

[whoisjohngalt]

Feb 18, 2014 13:40:22 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

no toy golf clubs in the living room
no running with my Kindle or scissors
no tackling your sister! 
no writing in books!
no eating in the bedrooms

We don't do a lot of playdoh or painting but we've got about 50,000 crayons and markers (not to mention coloring books and paper for the kids)

My husband kept saying that and saying that and then I pointed it out that there ARE books where you suppose to write and color and it's hard to explain the difference to a 2.5 or a 3 yr old.

[giramomma]

 Our rules are:
Art projects are done at the kitchen table
Food/drink except water is only in the kitchen
No throwing of things (be they sisters, balls, toys, etc)
No cooking on the stove unless mom and dad are around, however microwaving is fine. (We've started leaving #1 alone for a few minutes)
No running through the kitchen while we are cooking.
No jumping on furniture.
I also won't allow my kids to hit or spit. I know, we're a kill joy.
Keep the bathroom door shut. (The littlest liked playing in toilets for a bit. Now, it's graduated to her asking to sit on one.)

The other day DS was swinging the littlest around-her legs were airborn and nearly level with her waist- in a modified version of Ring Around the Rosy. I gave him the stink eye, and he stopped. Then the littlest gave me the stink eye. It was pretty funny.

When DD1 was 4, she got a bike from Santa. We have an unfinished basement, and that's where she learned how to ride her bike. She's also practicing her soccer rooms in our family room.

We are lucky we never had climbers.

[Sunnyday]

Feb 18, 2014 13:52:30 GMT -5 Pants said:

She's not yet 2, so...
No going up or downstairs without mommy or daddy around.
No putting stickers on walls or cabinets.
No play-doh on the carpet - have to put it on a hard surface.
No pulling on stuff - curtains, TV, oven, etc.
No giving her snacks to the dogs.

Other than that, anything goes. Those rules will change as she gets older, obviously. But I don't have a problem with her making a mess.

 I have about the same rules, except my toddler is 3, so I can start trusting her to be alone in her room. Arts and crafts must also be done at the table.

I also allow no food anywhere in the house except the kitchen. We have very traditional ideas about meal time, i.e., food at meal times only and at the table. 

And no harassing the cat, no tail pulling, no cutting-of-all-circulation hugs, etc...

[HoneyBBQ]

I have a 2 yr old and 3 dogs. Anything goes at my house. Can't control it. Can't bother trying.

[Spellbound454]

I don't know about rules but there were plenty of routines.

Early bedtimes on a school night. Table manners and eating their food, homework before play.... regular baths and hygiene.

When they got old enough to be trusted out of sight....I need to know where they were, who they were with.... and when they would be back.

[Pants]

I think my rules pretty much boil down to:

Don't get seriously injured.
Don't destroy anything that's going to be a serious PITA/expensive to fix. (Carpets, walls, windows, cabinets, tv.)

Other than that, knock yourself out. We don't have nice furniture - we have a 2yo and 2 big dogs, and soon a cat. Why buy things that are just going to get destroyed and then I'm going to be cranky about the nice things being destroyed?

[sheilaincali]

Eh the Boy is nearly 16 at this point. We don't have any rules like that at our house. We operate on a set level of common sense for the most part.

However, He is not allowed to have any open glasses of water near his laptop. He has a selection of what we jokingly call "sippy cups" (coffee cups with lids basically). He's dumped an entire glass of water on his laptop twice. Both times requiring repairs. The first time was under warranty and 2nd time it was still under warranty but he elected to use his allowance to repair it himself (just had to replace something- motherboard maybe? IDK) rather than send it off for 2 weeks to be fixed.

When he was younger- no food outside the kitchen/sunroom area. No drawing on the walls and outside toys stayed outside and inside toys stayed inside. The big one was no throwing his stuffed animals up into the ceiling fan with the goal if getting the fan blades to hit them and whip them across the room. (the rule was necessary AFTER we had to have his ceiling fan fixed for throwing his stuffed animals into it)

[InsertCoolName]

No playing with knives.

Don't do anything that could knock over the TV's.

Don't hit/throw things at each other. Hard rule to follow when we have sword fights with the foam swords Santa left.

No eating food in MY bed.

Arts/crafts are done on the dining room floor or the craft desk if it's cleaned off. So far everything we have can be cleaned off the floors with ease.

I don't let the younger kids play outside unless an adult or teen is out there to watch them. People fly down our road like it's a highway and the back yard goes to a creek.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

I haven't read the end of the house hunting thread, but here's ours. 
Ours are pretty basic and haven't changed much. My girls are now 12 & 16, and they were never climbers or destructive
~food stays in the kitchen or at the dining room table. 
~art projects must be done at the art table (when they were little) and now at the kitchen table (they physically outgrew the art table). all projects must be cleaned up prior to a new one being started and/or before going to bed 
~running, leaping, gymnastics is fine as long as you're not trying to kill someone or it really does look like you'll get hurt
~bugs from outside need to stay outside
~all your stuff that is outside of your bedroom gets put away at the end of the night (bedrooms do not have to be spotless, but at least tolerable)

[bookkeeper]

Not allowed: throwing the remote control (satellite tv remotes are expensive when you need to replace due to hitting walls and floors).

Not gonna buy:  Jello and KoolAid (both are non-food items chock full of artificial everything.)

No swearing in my house.  I have spent years trying to get my family to look intelligent, they don't need to dumb down by swearing.

My niece and nephew are not allowed to have anything but clear liquids outside of my kitchen.  I have cleaned up red Gatorade for the last time.

[Wisconsin Beth]

Feb 18, 2014 13:56:54 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

Feb 18, 2014 13:40:22 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

no toy golf clubs in the living room
no running with my Kindle or scissors
no tackling your sister! 
no writing in books!
no eating in the bedrooms

We don't do a lot of playdoh or painting but we've got about 50,000 crayons and markers (not to mention coloring books and paper for the kids)

My husband kept saying that and saying that and then I pointed it out that there ARE books where you suppose to write and color and it's hard to explain the difference to a 2.5 or a 3 yr old.

She's almost 6.  And she knows not to write in Mommy's books.