Our kids have no respect for the heating and cooling system and its thermostat

For instance, I told my kids a long time ago to stop touching the HVAC thermostat because they could accidentally break the air conditioner or the furnace in the process.

I had very little experience with young children before I had my own. I was the youngest child in a family of six, and I was never keen on the idea of baby sitting when I got to high school and needed part time work to earn money. Instead, I mowed my neighbor’s lawn on and off to rake in a little bit of cash. It worked and I was able to save and buy things like trading cards, CDs, and food at restaurants with friends on the weekends. My sister was the baby sitter in the family and it’s no surprise that she was the first one of us siblings to have children of her own. I was the second sibling to have a family, but I had the least experience by far. If it wasn’t for my wife, I don’t know how my kids would be—probably some combination of screwed up and damaged from a father who has no idea what he is doing half of the time. I think that I’m doing the right thing one minute, only to realize it failed to have the intended effect. For instance, I told my kids a long time ago to stop touching the HVAC thermostat because they could accidentally break the air conditioner or the furnace in the process. Despite repeated warnings from myself and my wife, our kids keep showing a lack of respect for the thermostat and the HVAC system that it controls. I didn’t want to be the parent that put a lockbox on the thermostat, but I had no choice. I can’t afford to buy a new air conditioner or furnace just because our children don’t respect our rules.
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