“Practice makes perfect.” -preaching this idea of “perfection” to your child can be confusing for them.
“Move faster.” – Yelling out this command sends your child into a panic, which in turn only slows them down.
“You’re okay.” – even a small scrape can be traumatic for your child, so playing the gruff parent and brushing it off is only going to make the situation worse.
“You shouldn’t be feeling this way.” -With this one simple phrase, you are teaching them to invalidate their own feelings.
“Leave me alone.” – telling your children to leave you alone will only make them feel as though you don’t value time spent with them.
“You’re a liar.” -Even if they did lie about something, this accusatory tone is only going to make your child feel like you are personally attacking them.
“Because I said so.” -this is only the retort you give when you really don’t know why you’re making your child join a soccer team when they would rather just be picking flowers and steering clear of large flying objects.
…HERE’S something you don’t want to have to say to your son…
https://youtu.be/b34ghCtGDZM
‘if you cross your eyes and push on your belly button, your legs will fall off’
…Solomon of Bible fame is held to be the wisest of men, and he wrote TONS of good advice to one of his numerous sons that we know today as the Book of Proverbs.
…and it’s kind of telling about how that advice was received, that the only son we know anything about was a complete ASS…
…at times, I wish I’d listened to my mother’s advice…
Aaaaaaaannnnd sometimes the fastest way to the brain is thru the rear end.
A swat on the rear end is worth 1,000 Liberal tears.
Yes it’s important to work with your kids, just be truthful and realistic.
@ toby miles
Dont post stuff like that when I’m eating soup.
Dont sweat the petty things and dont pet the sweaty things.
I had em lay naked on the floor, face down, and told em … watch the train … watch the train … in a kind of hypnotic monotone … and they turned out OK …
The older I get, the smarter my dad was.
Common phrases around here..
Quit being a goddamn goof
Get the hell out of my house
I’m older
Smooth move, exlax
How fucking retarded are you?
Go away goofy fruit before you fly away
What are you gay?
Piss off, I’m busy
Use your own money
I don’t give a shit who started it
When growing up us kids almost never had to be told twice to do something.
Some of my Tiger Mom exhortations:
“You git what you git, and don’t throw a fit!”
“Thank you, thank you. Now I don’t have to spank you.”
Me: “Live and ….” Child: “Learn.”
“Fix your face.” (Meaning: Get that frown, scowl, glare, off your face.)
“Put on your happy pants.” (Stop being whiny and grumpy.)
“Life isn’t fair.”
“Monkey see, monkey do.” (Don’t do what a stupid person does.)
How about, get the fcuk out?
Snowflakes are fascists in training.
On not saying “Practice makes perfect”: Too many kids think they don’t have to put in the time to become proficient at something, so they just give up or the never try in the first place. They’d rather be “successful” at nothing than risk failure at anything. This, I think, is why so many kids have such a low bar and end up with a bad circle of loser friends.
And don’t get me started on kids up and quitting at the first sign of a challenge (to their flabby bodies/minds).
And the people who write this junk cannot possibly know that kids are a LOT rougher and more judgemental with each other than any parent will be.
Can I say THIS to Ashley Moor? 😡
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78LiJnPqsDw
How about stop your whining, there’s no blood and I don’t care who did what. Now get back outside.
And I’m gonna give you something to cry about.
Or how about I’m gonna snatch you bald?
Or a Gibbs to the back of the head?
All verboten?
Eat all your food, people are starving in China.
“Eat all your food, people are starving in China.”
…but it better not be CHINESE food, or modern Moms start whining about “cultural appropriation”….
…also, lots of people starved in China, but it was due to Communism. Not eating from Capitalist plates in no way changed that equation, but some air mail from Curtis LeMay could have, if it had been made in a timely fashion.
And Mom never mentioned ANY of this…
I found that advice to be oversimplified and too catgorical. It made me feel insecure, confused, and unsafe.
I blame Trump. Now I feel better.
“If you keep doing that, your face is going to freeze that way.”
“If you keep doing that, your face is going to freeze that way.”
…that’s what SHE said…
Shit kid, if yer gonna scream like that, you had better be on fire with a stick in yer eye!
“If you keep doing that, and you’ll grow hair on your palms”
Curious….has anyone ever heard the phrase: I’m gonna pin an ear on you??
From my Canadian Aunt.
“Never put your finger where you wouldn’t put your face.”