House Rules Card: Two Homes

Same card, written twice, word for word, once at each kitchen table. Tape one inside each bag.

On a phone, scroll sideways inside the form to see all of it, or print it.

THE RULES (BOTH HOUSES)

These rules are the same at ______________'s house
and at ______________'s house.

Our limits (in plain numbers):
  School nights: ____________________________
  Weekends:      ____________________________

Our warning (same in both houses):
  "If you ______________________ again, it's the bag."
  Hurting someone skips the warning. Accidents never go to the bag.
  Tired, hungry, sick, scared or sad? We help first. The bag is for choices.

How the bag works (same in both houses):
  - Same ten tiles in both bags, plus the free pass. The bag decides.
  - Draw without looking. No negotiating. No redraws.
  - Do it right away. The tile goes back in the bag.
  - Neither parent overrules a draw made at the other house.
  - Every bag has a Get Out of Trouble Free! tile.
  - Age 5 and up: the free pass never cancels the repair.
  - Age 7 and up: the free pass doesn't cover a lie.

Handoffs:
  A tile drawn before a handoff:
  [ ] travels with me and both houses honor it
  [ ] finishes in the house where it started

  Weekend tiles (like Grounded for Weekend Day) are served at:
  ________________________________________________

Timing rules:
  ________________________________________________

Grown-ups talk to each other about the bag directly. Never through me.

Written by: ______________________   Date: __________

Tips

If the other house won't use it: run your card in your house, the same way every time. Offer a copy once, without pressure. Then let it go.