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- Eat your vegetables, they're good for you. - I can always tell when you're lying. - If God had wanted you to have holes in your ears (… tongue, eyebrows...) He would have put them there! - If you could stay out last night, you can get up this morning. - If you're too full to finish your dinner, you're too full for dessert. - If you're too sick to go to school, you're too sick to play outside. - When you have kids of your own you'll understand. - When you have your own house then you can make the rules! - It's no use crying over spilt milk. - You won't be happy until you break that, will you? - Beds are NOT made for jumping on. - Cupcakes are NOT a breakfast food! - Go play outside! It's a beautiful day! - Always wear clean underwear in case you get in an accident. - If you don't learn how to cook, no one is going to want to marry you. - You're the oldest. You should know better. - You can't find it? Well, where did you leave it last? - Someone is going to end up crying. - Go to your room and think about what you did! - The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. - When I was a little girl... |
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- Clean up after yourself! - Did you brush your teeth? - Did you clean your room? - Did you comb your hair? - Did you flush? - Do your homework! - Is your homework finished? - Isn't it past your bedtime? - Ok, but first take out the garbage. - Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold? - Wipe your feet! - You made your bed, now lie in it. - Don't talk with your mouth full! - Be good. - You could have called. |
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- Ask your Father. - Don't ask me WHY. The answer is NO. - Don't make me come in there! - Don't make me get up! - Don't run in the house. - Enough is enough! - How many times do I have to tell you? - I don't care what all the other kids get to do. - I don't have to explain myself. I said no. - I'm going to give you until the count of three... - I'm not going to ask you again. - No. - I didn't ask who put it there, I said "Pick it up!" - You can't find it? Well, I can't find it for you - I'm not the maid! - Who died and left you boss? - When did your last slave die? - Pick that up before somebody trips on it and breaks their neck! - Are your hands broken? Pick it up yourself! I'm not your maid! - Do you think your socks are going to pick themselves up? - No, I don't know where your socks are, its not my day to watch them! - You can't find it? Well, if you'd put things where they belonged, you wouldn't have this problem. - Nobody asked you. |
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- Who do you think you are? - Who do you think you're talking to? - Do you think I'm made of money? - Who said life was going to be easy? - Am I talking to a brick wall? - All I do is follow you around, picking up after you like some maid. - A little "birdy" told me! - I'm not your cleaning lady! - I'm not your maid! - I'm not your waitress! - No child of MINE would do something like that. - Stop acting like your father! - What did I say the FIRST time? - At work my mind's on the children, at home I think of the office. - You’re just like your father. - Are you deaf or something? - What part of NO don't you understand? |
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- Be careful! - Call me when you get there, just so I know you're okay. - Going to a party? Leave a phone number in case I need to call. - Going to a party? Who's going to be there? - Going to a party? Will the parents be home? - I would have never talked to MY mother like that! - Do not put that in your mouth; you do not know where it has been! - Put that down! You don't know where it's been! - You can't start the day on an empty stomach. |
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- I don't buy snacks to feed the neighborhood! - I hope you don't kiss me with that mouth! - I just want what's best for you. - If I want your opinion I'll ask for it! - If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning. - I'm not always going to be around to do these things for you. - Don't stay up too late! - Do what I say, not what I do. - I'm not running a taxi service. - You don't always get what you want. It's a hard lesson, but you might as well learn it now. - Just wait until we get home. - Shut the door! I'm not heating the entire neighborhood! - So it's raining? You're not sugar -- you won't melt. - So what if Sally's mom let her do it? If Sally's mom let her jump off the Empire State Building, would you want me to let you do it too? - Why? Because I SAID so, that's why! - You must think rules are made to be broken. - I don't care who started it, I said stop! - Money does NOT grow on trees. - This hurts me more than it hurts you. |
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- Eat everything on your plate. There are starving children all over the world who would be glad to trade places with you. - How can you have nothing to wear? Your closet is FULL of clothes! - Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back. - If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. - Life isn't fair. - Look at this room! It looks like a pigsty! - There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do. - There's enough dirt in those ears to grow potatoes! - This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it. - Turn off that light. Do you think we own the electric company? - Well, people in Hell want ice water too! - When I was young we had respect for our elders, now look at the world! - When I was your age, I had to walk ten miles through the snow, uphill, by myself, to go to school. - You kids are trying to drive me crazy! - You'd forget your head if it wasn't attached to your shoulders! - A little soap and water never killed anybody. - Bored! How can you be bored? I was never bored at your age. - Close the door! You don't live in a barn. - You should have that phone surgically implanted in your ear. - Do you live to annoy me? - If wishes were horses... - Well, I haven't figured out how to cook "cold" yet. |
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- I said CLOSE the door, I did not say SLAM it. - I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one. - Don't pick your nose in public. - Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been. - Don't use that tone with me! - Don't walk away when I'm talking to you! - Don't you have anything better to do? - Are you going out dressed like that? - Don't run with a lollipop in your mouth. - I don't know is NOT an answer. - If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. - Look at me when I'm talking to you. - Now, come back downstairs and go back up WITHOUT stomping your feet! - Now, say you're sorry...and MEAN it! - Say please. - Turn that racket down! - Watch your mouth! - What kind of a grade is that? You could do much better! - You can go out to play...after you brush your teeth and comb your hair. - You can go out to play...after you pick up your room. - You can go out to play...after you've done your homework. - You just ate an hour ago! - I don't care what "everyone" is doing. I care what YOU are doing! - Pick up your feet. |
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- How do you know you don't like it if you haven't tasted it? - Do you think this is a hotel? You can't just come here only to sleep. - I can't believe you can sleep in this filth! - I can't believe you did that! - If you don't do it NOW, then when are you going to do it? - It's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust everyone else. - Little pitchers have big ears. - What, are you kidding? - When will you be back? - Where do YOU think you're going? - Who are you going with? Do I know them? - Who taught you THAT? You didn't learn that in this house! - You can't judge a book by its cover. - You have an answer for everything, don't you? - Are you lying to me? |
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- Do not make that face or it will freeze in that position. - Don't eat that, you'll get worms! - Don't go out with a wet head, you'll catch cold. - Don't EVER let me catch you doing that again! - Don't pick that scab, it'll get infected. - Be careful or you will put your eye out. - I brought you into this world, and I can take you right back out! - If I catch you doing that one more time, I'll... - If it were a snake, it would have bitten you. - If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up. - Don't sit too close to the television, it'll ruin your eyes. - If you don't clean your plate, you won't get any dessert. - If you stick your tongue out again it will fall off. - If you don't stop crying, I'm going to give you something to cry about! - If you’re bored, I can always find something for you to do. - Never try on anyone else's glasses or you'll go blind. - One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you! - Only if you eat all your vegetables - Over my dead body! - Running away? Don't let the door hit you in the rear. - Running away? I'll help you pack. - Running away? Is that a threat or a promise? - Say that again and I'll wash your mouth out with soap. - Shut your mouth and eat your supper. - You are going to get it when you get home! - You had better wipe that smile off your face before I do it for you. - Your father is going to hear about this when HE gets home! - As long as you live under my roof, you'll do as I say. - I'm doing this for your own good. - Some day you will thank me for this. SMACK!! - You WILL eat it, and you WILL like it! - You are getting on my last nerve. - I'm going to skin you alive! - I've had it up to here with you. - Answer me when I ask you a question! - Leave your sister (brother) alone! |
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- You will ALWAYS be my baby. - I will always love you - no matter what. - Nobody will ever love you like your mother. |