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- You learned that from your father/mother. -You've pulled on that shirt so much it looks like a dress! -You found a mud puddle didn't you? -Simmer down! -That coffee table was not made for you to rub your feet on. -Now what are you going to do with it? [Usually said after you broke something or messed it up.] -You need that like you need a hole in the head. -Take your hat off in the house! -Eat it or wear it! -What's the matter with you anyway? -How would you like write an essay on being kind to your brother/sister? -Stop shaking your leg! -Nobody asked you. -If you don't pick that up, you might get to sleep with it. -I'll nag you if I feel like it, you're my son/daughter. -If I had wanted you to do that, I would have told you to. -You've been playing with my pen, haven't you? - I'm going to give you until the count of three. -Don't pick, it'll get infected. -I don't want to hear that again. -Who do you think you are? -Not another word out of you! -What, you want more money? -If I catch you doing that one more time, I'll... -When you don't listen to your Mom, that's when you get into trouble. -Someday your face will freeze like that! -What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too? -Look at me when I'm talking to you. -You're going to put your eye out with that thing! -Do you think your socks are going to pick themselves up? -Your father is going to hear about this when HE gets home! -How many times do I have to tell you...don't throw things in the house! -Were you born in a barn? Close the door -- and DON'T slam it! -Don't EVER let me catch you doing that again! -Move it or loose it. -Be good -- and don't do ANYTHING to embarrass your parents. -No child of MINE would do something like that. -You'll never live to see sixteen!! -There's someone either dying or being created under your bed--look at all this dust! -Eat your meat. -Did you flush? -I worry about you. -Can you give me an itinerary for your trip? -I hate having you drive alone at night. -You don't WANT to clean your room? You don't have to Want to! -A man who plays when he should be working will never amount to much. -There's enough dirt in those ears to grow potatoes! -What would you do if I wasn't here? -Work first, and then play. -Somebody's gonna end up crying. -AFTER you pick up your room, make your bed, brush your teeth and comb your hair, THEN you can go out to play. -Don't say SHUT UP! -Close your mouth when you're eating -- you look like a cow! -I don't care what "everyone" is doing, I care what YOU are doing! -What will the neighbors think? -Who do you think you are? -When I was a little girl ... -When I was a boy... -Do I have to send you an engraved invitation? Sit down and eat! -Two wrongs do not make a right. -Don't talk with your mouth full! -I wish you kids could see videos of yourselves eating! -How are things in your little life? -Don't leave any crumbs on the counter! -Do I embarrass you? -If you slouch like that, you'll get a hump in your back. -You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your relatives. -Sit like a lady! -When are you going to take your bath? -Do you want a time-out? -I don't care if Jimmy's Mom said yes. -Wipe your feet!! -Go ask your father. -What did your mother say? -Wrong, there's plenty of things to do, like clean your room. -Enough is enough! -It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. -I'm tired of seeing you do that. -Whose shoes are these!? -I wasn't born yesterday. -Eat over the table. -You are being obnoxious. -Nice shot, marbles. -How many times do I have to tell you... -When was the last time you took a shower? -Slow down. -Park yourself. -You are going to clean this room up before you go to bed. -That's enough. You don't know what you're talking about. |
- You certainly do amuse you. -Wipe your feet! -How many times do I have to tell you!? GET UP! -You look like an Indian in piano covers paint. -If God had intended you to wear pierced earrings, He would have made you with holes in your ears. -Where did you hear that word?! -Don't interrupt. -Can I talk now? -I've heard that excuse before. -Oh, you think so do you? -We paid good money for those shoes, you can stop working them over like that. -Do you see that girl? You are never going to marry a girl like that! -Oh no you are not going to bring that in here! -I thought I told you to pick this up! -Don't tell me you didn't do it; nobody else could have. -"I can't" never could do anything. -You better quit while you're ahead. -That looks terrible! Go change your clothes! - I wish you'd... -"I don't know" is NOT an answer. -Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been. - If you don't do it NOW, then when are you going to do it? -Beauty is as beauty does! -What do you mean you aren't going to eat everything on your plate? -Think of those poor starving children in India. [ To which Johnny answers, "Fine, send my spinach to them." ] -You can't find it? Well, where did you leave it last? -If bologna was a tin horn you'd have an orchestra! -Money does NOT grow on trees. -I'm not everyone else's parents and you're not everyone else! -Five minutes of pleasure is not worth a lifetime of trouble. -You made your bed, now lie in it. -This hurts me more than it hurts you. -Don't make me tell you again. -Stop your crying before I give you something to cry about. -Don't go out with a wet head, you'll catch cold. -I'm not Freddy's mom, I'm your mom and I care what happens to you. -I'm not going to tell you how to spell that when you can look it up in the dictionary. -Life isn't fair. -Would you do that if the Queen were here? -When I was young we had respect for our elders; now look at the world! -Did you iron that? -I don't THINK soo...!! -Don't use that tone with me! -Look it up in your contract: I'm the Mom, you're the kid. I get to do the nagging. -What do you mean CARRY ME? I carried you for nine months!! -I'm not here to entertain you. -Am I talking to a brick wall? -Eat those carrots, they're good for your eyesight. You never see rabbits wearing glasses, do you? -You had better wipe that smile off your face before I do it for you. -There's no shame in being poor, but there is shame in being dirty! -Speak up; I can't hear your head rattle. -Never leave the house hungry. -Eat the crust of your bread. It's good food. -I resign! -Who told you that?! -Remember who you are. -The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree. -Act your age, but don't crawl. -You just have big piano tools. -But you have a beautiful complexion. -What have I done to deserve such ungrateful children? -You must get that from your father's side of the family. -I would have never talked to MY mother like that! -If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. -Fools' names and fools' faces often appear in public places. [After seeing a little boy following his older brothers's example, my grandpa added, "And the little squirts that don't know better follow the fools to the letter.] -I hope someday you have children just like you. -I'm going to have the last word! -This, too, shall pass. -I don't know why you turned out the way you have. -Wear clean underwear in case you get in a car wreck and have to go to the hospital. -If you'd open your eyes as wide as your mouth, you'd find what you're looking for. -Pretty is as pretty does. -I'm not just talking to hear my own voice. -Shut your mouth and eat. -Somebody's room needs some attention. -How would you like to sleep with those dirty socks? -Daddy doesn't think your oatmeal is funny all over his shirt. -Did grandma get you ice cream at Thrifty's again and spoil your supper? -Go tell Daddy he wants you. -Because I said so, that's why. -If you don't quit that, you're going the eat at the kitchen counter by yourself. -I wish you could see yourself doing that! -How ya doin' there? (Usually said after a small mishap at the table.) -This is your last chance. -Don't sneeze like that. You'll blow your eardrums out. -Chew your food. -You know that isn't true. |
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