Reminds me of such parents IRL, one funny case came to complain about me throwing their kid out of my home.. (Warned him I would if he'd continue ignoring the rules, and I stand by what I say.)
Ended with me telling them off thoroughly infront of their kid, them forbidding the kid from visiting me again (clearly didn't want to get told off again it seems), and couple weeks later the kid ignored that and started visiting me again (now properly following my rules).
(When asked he said he felt more at ease in my home because there are no annoying surprises, I won't get angry aslong as he just respect the rules, and there aint a minefield of hidden ones.)
Was back when I took care of two kids in a small town, and didn't mind other kids visiting in the afternoon. (Aslong as they followed the rules that is.)
For those that are curious, the rules:
1: You're not allowed to even try hurt/damage anyone or anything. (Keep the violence inside the games where it doesn't hurt anyone.)
2: No screaming except for when something happened, being loud is fine when playing but not those annoying screeches. (That way I'll know right away if I might be needed for something quickly.)
And that's pretty much it, nothing overly difficult to understand or follow, just stuff to avoid unpleasant situations and allow me to respond quickly incase of an accident.
(Just the way most kids prefer it, nothing is more frustrating than unclear rules, be it through lousy wording or by adults not doing what they said they would.)
Well, I also gave them alot of freedom on the condition they took responsibility for their actions, an example:
One of the kids wanted to smash his cookie over and over until it became powder, because he liked those cookies with orangejuice and wanted to mix them into some sort of soup.
My response was that as always it's fine aslong as he takes responsibility to clean it all up afterwards..
First time got rather messy and cleaning up took him some time, second time he thought out a way to not send bits and pieces flying all over the room, thus cleanup went rather fast for him afterwards.
(Nothing beats experiencing the bothersome cleanup job when it comes to making the kid aware and consider how to do something properly without causing a needlessly big mess.)
My father was a rather funny one though, he always used to say "look at me kids, don't do what I do, don't be like me". (Not exactly the best, but atleast aware of his own shortcomings.)
As a bad example he did pretty great tbh, although these days he's far too old and tired to really bother anyone (unlike back in his sixties). (No more likening random ladies on the street to garbage bags and such with that energetic and innocently charming tone+smile for example, and yeah for some reason they usually got pissed at him, wonder why..) =P
Prince charming with his most charming smile and tone to a random lady encountered during his daily walk in the park: "Relax, we just mistook you for a garbage bag."
(He's never been one for reading between the lines, nowhere near even, he honestly believed he was friendly and polite, not even considering it might be taken as an insult.)
Oh, and if it wasn't obvious by now, his sight aint the best.