Remember being told this..

[Furryanimal]

And in my case it sometimes happened!

 

[Sassycakes]

I think my Mother wrote these just for me,and I think that's also why she had a wooden spoon.

 

[Don M.]

Yup...heard all of these....and when I "tested" the "System"...the system Always Won. Had I been raised in today's mamby pamby world, my parents would have probably served some jail time.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

My Mom said all of these at one time or another and added a few she made up to fit the occasion.

 

[hollydolly]

 

[Aunt Bea]

I heard most of them as a kid and when the going got tough as an adult I used a few of them myself.

It's funny how we all reach back to our own childhood when we start dealing with children.

The one I heard the most is: "If you're bored I'll find something for you to do!" ​When we heard that we all knew it was time to scatter until dinner time.

 

[hollydolly]

What about.. ''If you fall and break your legs, don't come running to me''?

 

[CeeCee]

I heard most of them and in Hungarian, lol...guess these sayings are universal. For the most part anyway.

 

[jujube]

Oh, heavens yes, all of them. I swore I wouldn't do that but one day I opened my mouth and my mother's voice came out. It was an epiphany.

My mother's response to "that's not fair" and "you're mean" was "I'm not running a popularity contest here. I'm your mother, it's not an elected position!" Sure 'nuff, I said that to my daughter many times.

 

[Butterfly]

I heard most all of them, too. Another one was "Don't whine at me because you've 'nothing to do.' If you really don't have anything to do, I'll FIND you something to do." And the things she would "find" were usually things like cleaning your room or sweeping the garage or something else undesirable to a kiddo.

She was also quick to point out that "This family is NOT a democracy."

 

[Furryanimal]

What about.. ''If you fall and break your legs, don't come running to me''?

Oh yes!

 

[Sassycakes]

My Dad was a softie and never really said anything sarcastic to either me, my sister or my brother. When I read your post it reminded me of something he did say to me. I wanted to tell him something my Mom said to me so I said "She told me to be quiet" and He said "She is the cats mother." I never knew what he meant but when I read it now it made me laugh soo much !

 

[Gary O']

I made a poster once

 

[Pappy]

When I was about 10, we lived in town and rented the upstairs apartment. A little boy, they called him Skeeter, was quite the pain in the ass. His mother would yell at him....Skeeter, if you don’t stop that, I’ll cut off your ears and fry them for your fathers supper!

No wonder Skeeter acted like a jerk. His mother was a jerk too.