Playful attitude. • Permission for everyone to be real and genuine. • Enough structure, schedule, and rules to avoid confusion and chaos. • Meals together daily, with whoever lives in the home; food can bring us together. • Worry together; no one should ever worry alone. • Encourage self-assertion and speaking up no matter what. • Never go to bed angry. • Have pets if you possibly can. • Laughter, lots of laughter. • But no ridicule or teasing, no matter how much fun they may be. • Honesty, honesty, honesty. No phony baloney. • But go easy on the brutal honesty. Keep it kind and gentle. • Make
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