I was raised to believe that it’s extremely important to have rules for your family.
My father was actually in the military so things were always pretty strict with us. The thing is, I actually learned to appreciate the rules and why we have them. It was a rule not to blast the air conditioning all the time or the heating system. This was because we didn’t want to waste a lot of energy and have expensive energy bills. Also we didn’t want to experience some kind of HVAC system breakdown causing us to have to pay for an expensive repair. This brings us to one of the other rules, to always keep up with the HVAC system maintenance and repairs. By keeping up with the HVAC maintenance, you ensure that your system is not struggling and you are saving money on the energy bills. We all had certain chores that we had to take care of. I always had to make sure to take the dog for a walk and I also was in charge of changing out the air filters each month. It was very important to change the air filters monthly because if I were to forget, then the air quality in the house would get really bad. It would be easy for everybody to tell and I would get in serious trouble if I forgot. I actually did forget to change the air filters a few times and it was a pretty severe punishment. I have similar rules in my household and I know that my children respect me because of the rules and stick to them.