Rules
There has been a lot of buzz on the Internet over the past couple of days about a kids rule book that was found by a young Citrus Heights, California Wal-Mart employee named Raymond Flores. The book contains 158 rules, handwritten by a child that has to be around 7 or 8 years old. Rule number 158 was not actually entered, there’s just a number for the rule.
There is a lot of buzz because he is trying to return the book to it’s rightful owner. I think we have a lot to learn from this smart little kid. In my opinion these rules go to the heart of what our mom’s and dad’s taught us when we were little. In my opinion they can be applied to life of kids and grown-ups alike. I’m know guilty of breaking some them and I’ll bet most people are.
I transcribed the rules that Mr. Flores read in a video on his Facebook page. I know there are three spelling errors and I’m sure there are others. Since I do not know where other spelling errors are I’ve corrected the ones I know about. Here my transcript of all of the rules:
1. No talking back
2. No Pushing
3. No Screaming
4. Be Safe
5. Listen
6. No being gross
7. Help others
8. Care with others
9. No being bad
10. Have fun at all times
11. No lying
12. No whining
13. Be positive
14. Be a good Communicator
15. Be responsible
16. Be respectful
17. Say sorry
18. Say please
19. Say thank you
20. Have good manners
21. No yelling
22. Be nice to books
23. Use good language
24. No teasing
25. Don’t make fun of others
26. When sleeping, don’t wake others
27. Do what the parents ask you to do
28. Be unique
29. Be yourself
30. Don’t copy others
31. Don’t cheat on tests
32. Study for tests
33. Exercise
34. Do things equally with each other
35. Do things yourself
36. Do your homework
37. No stealing
38. No making unwanted noise
39. No saying ew when someone farts
40. Say excuse me
41. Don’t color on people
42. Don’t color on peoples paper
43. No spitting
44. No squeezing others
45. Try to compliment
46. Don’t say no
47. Don’t cry
48. No pulling hair
49. No turning your back
50. No punching
51. No getting into others faces
52. No going under the bed only if necessary
53. keep your gum in your mouth
54. No ruining bedding
55. No coloring in rule book
56. No jumping on bed
57. No ignoring others
58. No hiding from others
59. No being loud
60. Put your shoes by the front door when you take them off
61. Wear anything you want to
62. Keep dogs away from cats
63. Don’t call each other names
64. clean up your messes
65. no eating other peoples food
66. go to bed at bedtime
67. Do your homework
68. Don’t have a party without parents
69. If there is one bathroom go to the bathroom fast
70. Keep the environment clean
71. don’t go running in the street or the parking lot
72. Don’t play with knives
73. Have a parent guide you when cooking
74. Sit on your chair correctly
75. Drink water a lot
76. Don’t touch hot things unless with a parent
77. Try to get good grades on tests
78. Share
79. Try to bee good big sister/brother
80. Stop at stop signs and stop lights
81. Wear a seatbelt
82. Pay attention in class
83. Don’t steal
84. Wake up when you need to
85. Don’t get into other people’s business
86. No running when it is slippery
87. Always be polite
88. No ditching
89. Go when you have to go
90. Never leave a friend behind
91. Don’t go running / walking on a basketball court if someone is playing basketball
92. Ask permission
93. Don’t promise if you’re going to break it
94. Keep hands to yourself
95. Don’t talk with your mouth full
96. Don’t pick other people up
97. Don’t eat right before going to the dentist
98. Don’t bite the dentist
99. Don’t drive into road work
100. Don’t suck your fingers
101. Do your chores
102. Don’t text and drive at the same time
103. No toys at the table
104. Eat the food you get served with
105. Tie your shoes or you will fall
106. no elbows on the table
107. Chew with your mouth closed
108. Don’t eat when your mouth is numb
109. No bribing
110. Help new students
111. Go through detector in stores
112. Try to make things fair
113. Don’t talk to strangers
114. Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answer to
115. Don’t go on top of other people in pools
116. Keep your friends secrets
117. If there is no space between one person you want to sit by don’t cry or whine because there is no room
118. Don’t keep plsaying please if someone says no
119. Don’t eat your boogers from picking your nose
120. Don’t sleep with your toys
121. Don’t keep other people awake after bed time
122. Pay for everything you want to buy at the store
123. Blow your nose not pick your nose
124. Don’t run in the house
125. No pulling hair
126. Recycle
127. No littering
128. Don’t be bossy
129. Don’t play with your toys at night time
130. Don’t talk people’s ears off
131. Read / listen instructions
132. Go to bed early if you have dance in the morning
133. Don’t stuff your mouth
134. Let the dentist work in your mouth
135. Let the doctor work on your body
136. Warn others about danger
137. No cheating on other people
138. Tell the teacher if you’re leaving
139. If you wet your bed wear a pull-up
140. Don’t watch TV after bed time
141. Don’t chew gum at school
142. Don’t chew gum if you wear braces
143. No toys at school
144. Act in a mature way with self control an respect others
145. Don’t ignore friends and parents
146. Don’t get into people’s way if they’re playing with a hula hoop
147. Don’t bounce on hula hoops
148. Don’t skip detention
149. Don’t skip school unless you’re sick
150. Keep your sleeves to yourself
151. Keep your feet and shoes to yourself
152. Keep your hair to yourself
153. Ask if they’re ok
154. Protect this rule book
155. Protect each other
156. No touching other people’s body parts
157. No poking
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