Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from

little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages

of life, but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share

tips and encouragement. And remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're

not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not perfect. We're real.

Welcome to the mom hour.

Hey everyone and welcome to episode 319 of the mom hour. I am Sarah Powers here

with Megan Frances. Hey, Megan. Hi, Sarah. So I'm excited about today. This is

officially a series now, Megan, because we said it was a series, but we'd only

done it once. So now sometimes we say things and then we have to make them true.

It's like a great strategy for like, I don't know if you decide something is the

way it is, then you kind of have to follow through, right? So that's what we've

done here, especially when you say it publicly in front of thousands of people. So

this is part of our House Rules for Blank series, which is first and foremost,

it's a crowdsourced effort. So a house rule is any little simple mantra or

little rule that helps family life operate more smoothly. And the beauty is

they're very specific to each family. So we did house rules for sibling

harmony about a month ago. And we got so many great suggestions from our

listeners that really I feel like you and I get just get to kind of sit back

and let the let the brilliance of our listeners shine in these. So it's really fun.

It is really fun. And I think that what one of the things I really loved about

reading through these is how for a lot of a lot of people house rules,

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