Having a tough time keeping your kids in line around the holidays? As Cliff and Lisa Bolton from CMT's World's Strictest Parents explain, you're not alone! "We’ve got bills, we’re trying to buy presents, we’re trying to have people over," Cliff says, "and the kids are home for those two or three weeks during Christmas, so we’ve got all their energy to boot; it’s a pretty stressful family situation most times." The couple share their tips for bringing order to your home this holiday season:

• "When you're home with kids, you need to have some type of a schedule, a routine, just to give order to everyone's day," Lisa says, "so that when it comes to dinner time, they can have peace time and there's a lot less screaming and yelling. And you need to stick to the schedule."

• Cliff explains that when you are yelling all the time, at some point it becomes background noise for your kids. "We have a thing we use called, 'Stop, Think and Go Slow,'" he says. "A heated conversation, whether it's with your kids or another adult, just stop, think and go slow. Calm down. Take a breath. Get everything kind of calm and it just makes a conversation so much better."

• Lisa recommends instituting a cussing cup if you find that swearing has become a problem - and not just for the kids. "Cussing is a bad habit that we have and we would never allow our children to do it," she says. "At school they’re not allowed to do it, but for some reason in our homes they think it's okay to do. By having a cussing cup sitting on your table, you can say, 'OK, this is what we’re going to do: When mom and dad cuss, we’re going to put some money in that.' And at the end of maybe two weeks, three weeks, you can take that money and give it to an organization or charity."

• "We talked about having contracts with our kids for behavior, to help them understand what’s good and what’s bad," Lisa says. "Well, it’s not a bad thing for our kids to see that we have one, too. Maybe make a contract saying, 'I, as mom, agree not to cuss, you know, and not to yell at you above and beyond what is reasonable,' etc. And there’s consequences to that, like mom’s gonna lose ten minutes of her favorite show, so that we’re role modeling to our kids that what we’re asking of you we’re also willing to give up ourselves."

• Cliff shares one last tip that many people tend to overlook this time of year: "We all get busy, right? Just take a few moments for yourself and relax. You still need a little exercise time for yourself, a little reading time for yourself - use that time just to kind of recharge and decompress a little bit. You’ll find yourself just a lot better person to be around and your kids will love hanging out with you a lot more, too!"