34 Rules That Parents Never Thought They’d Have to Create
‘No machetes on the trampoline’
No one is ever 100 percent ready for parenthood. After all, most of it involves adjusting your expectations and thinking on your feet. But even knowing that, there are things that will still take you by surprise. For instance, no parent expects to make a rule like “No machetes on the trampoline,” or “No licking the bus,” which was later amended to “No licking your hand, then touching the bus and licking your hand,” after a child clearly found a loophole in the legislation.
The flabbergasted parents of Reddit have recounted the wildest rules they’ve had to institute for their wild children, and if you’re expecting, you might want to grab a pen.