Having boundaries is...

         • to acknowledge that rights are the same for everybody;

         • to be aware that there are other people in the world;

         • to be aware that your rights end where the rights of others begin;

         • to respect and try to understand that parents say "yes" whenever possible, and "no" when necessary;

         • to seek to understand that many things can be done and some can not / should not be performed;

         • to understand the world as a place where love and respect walk hand in hand; my desire and my pleasure are not the only things that count;

         • to tolerate small frustrations now so that life's problems can be overcome with balance and maturity in future (children who now learn to wait their turn to be served at the table will not consider feel offended tomorrow for having to wait in line at the cinema or to wait three/four days to hear about their promotion at work);

         • to develop the ability to wait (if you don’t get a job today, you will continue to try, without giving up. If you haven’t developed this skill, you won’t act foolish and unbalanced, getting depressed or drunk);

         • to understand that you are not the centre of the universe; thinking that everyone in the world have to satisfy your desires;

         • to learn to discern between what is a necessity and what is just desire; that is, between the superfluous and necessary. Example: Some people want a bigger meal; others want just one meal. Some people wanted to have blue eyes; others only wish to be able to see. Some people wanted silence, others to be able to listen. Some people wish for new shoes, others to have legs...

         • to understand that the care that parents have for their children (monitoring and supervising activities/attitudes of children, within and outside the home, disciplining, placing limits...) is due to their love and concern in directing them for proper behaviour and thus lead them to the path of happiness;

         • to understand that every right corresponds to a duty;

         • to respect the laws as well as others, to take care of nature, to treat animals well and respect them, even though society hasn’t got individuals who only act this way. I must act; do my part, so I'll be teaching with my example, even if my friend or colleague isn’t acting in the correct manner.