Setting high standards for your family , ..

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I know of some families where the father or in some cases the mother has set such high standards that life has become like a military campaign. The parents constantly looking at the watch and the children looking at each other nervously...I have also realized that at least one of the children if there is more than one, belonging to such a family that has rigid values ,turns out to be a rebel . Recently I came across a student who had left home because he was fed up with the home atmosphere where he had to look at the time even to exchange pleasantries with his sister or mom. The parents were called and when they heard what their son had to say , were shocked to hear that he could have such negative thoughts about their disciplined household . Finally a compromise of some sort was reached and since the boy is still in junior college and totally dependent on the parents , had no other go but to go back promising to behave himself and follow the ' house rules' , While discipline is an essential requirement especially for children and teenagers and adults too , I wonder if it s necessary to be so very rigid and set standards that stress out your family . ..