Things some moms have said to their kids
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
March 15, 2016 6:48am CST
There are many 'sayings' out there some are funny and some are down right silly, but most of us probably have heard one or two of these sayings from our moms such as:
* Keep making that face and it will freeze that way.
* The more you cry the less you pee.
* Because I said so.
* Change your underwear every day in case you get in an accident and have to go to the hospital.
* Say that one more time and I'll wash your mouth out with soap.
* You can go but you have to take your little sister (brother) with you.
* Please stop telling the neighborhood kids that Santa isn't real.
* Multiplication tables aren't that hard, one more time...12 x 12 equals.....
* Flunk and you go to summer school.
* I don't care that the other kids are going.
* That's it, Santa isn't bringing you anything.
What can you add to this list?
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
15 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill Funny thing is that I didn't listen to my Mom. And guess what? I suffer for a very bad stiff neck.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
@marlina LOL, now we know where your mind was back then, does your husband know?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
I have heard the don't sit so close but not square eyes, that's a new one on me.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
15 Mar 16
@sueznewz2 I always wondered about the square eyes bit - glasses, perhaps?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
@Hatley It could be why I cry at the drop of a hat now.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
My mother said that your first one all the time, I forgot it!!! I was never a door slammer thank goodness!
@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Mar 16
This sounds like something I read on Facebook recently. Fun. Can't think of anything to add.
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill ....Were dreaming about her. I used to dream of mine soon after she passed.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
I woke up thinking about my mother so this sorta was born from that.
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@LeaPea2417 (40037)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Mar 16
My older son was really afraid of heights when he was real small and if he climbed something, he could not go back down, so, I would always say to him "your just like a cat who climbs a tree and can't get down".
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@LeaPea2417 (40037)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill I remember once, we visited the top of a Light House in Florida. We climbed all the way to the top to see the great views. It was a big winding stair case. My older son was age 6 and small enough to still be carried. When it was time to go down, he pitched a fit and really cried saying he couldn't go back down those stairs. Luckily, my husband was strong enough to carry him down. Our 2nd son was a baby, so I carried him everywhere. I don't know what I would have done, if my husband hadn't been there to carry him down!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
@LeaPea2417 You would have had to get the rescue squad or fire department to get him down. I bed he loves it when you tell that story!
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
I guess you had to help get him down. Boys love to climb.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
15 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill,When as a child I climbed a banyan tree,my mom threatened me from inside the house,'Stop doing that or else I will not let you get down.'
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
Ha Ha...did she really say that? That's too funny!
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
15 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill Yes,she did,and I still remember,I got so much frightened that I got down immediately.
@41CombedaleRoad (5966)
• Greece
15 Mar 16
I was warned about the big black book in heaven that was recording my naughty deeds. It rather coloured my picture of God but thankfully I grew out of it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
They all had them didn't they!?!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
I heard the 'wash your mouth out with soap' many times...I guess I shouldn't admit that.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
15 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill Me too. But I don't believe my late mother ever said it to me. 
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
18 Mar 16
That's the first time I've heard the second one on your list. The only other one I can think of is "go ask your father"
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
18 Mar 16
My mother dished out the punishment if my father was at work - she had no problem doing it!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
LOL - glad I don't want curly hair I hate bread crusts.
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@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
1 Aug 16
My mother has never said any of those to me. My dad is the one who always done stuff for me involving school and he has never said the others either. My mother wasn't also so nice with the things she has said.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
1 Aug 16
I guess we all grew up a little differently and this was written as a fun piece..
@GardenGerty (169490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
"When you grow up I hope you have a daughter just like you", usually following "you are just like your dad's family" (whom she did not like). My daughter is awesome, and she tells people she takes after me. I am not sure about that, but she is awesome.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
16 Mar 16
My mother told me that first one so many times I decided not to have kids - seriously.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
18 Mar 16
I think my mom made up the second one.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
16 Mar 16
I'm pretty sure my mother made that one up.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
15 Mar 16
'Go to your room....' was one I heard.... sometimes..... and if you do that again... i'll stop your pocket money....
and if you do that again... i'll stop your pocket money....@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
15 Mar 16
You got pocket money? Wow, I don't remember getting money but I must have.
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