Most families don't struggle because they don't have rules. They struggle because the rules don't hold. On paper, the expectations are there. Bedtime exists. Screen time has limits. There's an idea of how people should talk to each other and move through the day. But in practice, those expectations shift depending on the mood, the day, or how much energy anyone has left to enforce them. And kids notice that quickly. When family boundaries and house rules aren't consistent, th