Indeed; policies without consequences for violating them might as well not be policies. My sister and I used to complain that our parents were more strict than

Indeed; policies without consequences for violating them might as well not be policies. My sister and I used to complain that our parents were more strict than everyone else's. My mom talked to my friends' moms and said "they all have about the same rules we do." My reply was "but they get yelled at for five minutes tops when they break the rules, and we get grounded!"