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Did You Ever Hear This as a Kid? [Bonus Points for Comments: Would/have You Say/said It to Your Own Child?] Ask a Question

Did You Ever Hear This as a Kid? [Bonus Points for Comments: Would/have You Say/said It to Your Own Child?]
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Because I Said So...
You're Not Going Out Looking Like That...
Just You Wait Until Your Father/Mother Gets Home...
Is There Something You Want to Tell Me...?
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I remember (with horror) the moment I first told my daughter something I swore I would never say to my own child. I apologized later, telling her that I must have been channeling dead ancestors. This did not reassure her, and she had nightmares for the next two nights...

S.

all of the above.

1 Replies to valbos's answer

Will the circle be unbroken!?

Thanks!

S.

"If you don't quit crying, I'll give you something to cry ABOUT!"

We talked about that one in class in college. Besides all of us, there was a Japanese girl, a Chinese boy, and Iranian boy and a South African girl in our class. All four of them had THEIR parents say it to them, too!

1 Replies to sillynilly's answer

Good one...never heard in my house -

my folks were pacifists ;)

Thanks!

S

Do as I say, not as I do! (frequently, on a range of subjects, smoking being just one)

1 Replies to dauguy's answer

The response is always something like,

'Well you did it and it didn't hurt you!'

Finally on a trip to Vegas, I pointed out a high-roller, 'See, there's a winner, now...'

then later, observed a homeless pan-handler, 'and there's somebody who gambled and lost...you have to weigh the odds and risks you're willing to take..."

S