Funny things you say to kids (Page 2)

That's when you say, too bad, suck it up, go to bed.... works in our house... usually with grumbles & mutterings under breath, but works...

ahhh yes.  Sounds like my childhood.

My mom always told me "there are no monsters under your bed, they're in your closet."

I also got the, "if you are so bored, then go cut the grass" and I was eternally being threatened that I was going to be given away.  Even went so far so the "call" child services to come pick me up.

Kid:  Why?

Parent:  Because I said so, that's why!

How do you argue with that logic?

I'd rather you keep that to yourself.  I'm pretty sure I don't want to know.

That reminds me... different kids reacts differently to the same remarks from adults.  My mom use the same method to raise both me and my brother.  eg. when we got messages from teachers with negative comments (forgot stuff, handed in homework late, played rough etc), my mom would threaten to refuse to sign at the parent's response slip, so that the teacher would punish me more.  Well, that's my mom's reasoning anyways.  Everytime I got a negative comment, I would suck it up, go up to my mom an d beg her to sign it, got scolded and done.  But my brother was so terrified that mom would really refuse to sign and leads to more punishment, once he actually forged her signature - more serious consequence. 

My brother and I have very different personalities.  I kept reminding my mom of this story. She still didn't get it.  Always complained that we response differently when she said the same thing to us.  But, we are different persons!

This reminds me of a scene in "The Brothers McMullen" when the brothers are talking about funny things their curmudgeony dad said when they were kids. My favorite: "You shut your f*$king mouth when you're talkin' to me."

Good stuff...

I was a messy kid.  My room was always a disaster and many a cleaning battle was fought with my parents.   

Wow, I'm impressed.

It would have been really cool if you had moved all of his crap onto your bedroom floor. But still...awesome!

I got that a lot too.  Except it was, "If you guys don't clean this up I'm giving it to good will."  she evn went so far as to pull out a trash bag, bag it all up and set it on the porch.