What is the Worst Thing You Have Ever Told Your Child...
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To get them to do something?
I told my eight year that if he does not brush his teeth, fungus will grow up on them and then he will turn into a tree. It worked, but it was mean.
I told my eight year that if he does not brush his teeth, fungus will grow up on them and then he will turn into a tree. It worked, but it was mean.
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Permalink Reply by Sondra on -
I told my daughter (3) that goblins would come chew on her fingernails while she slept if she wouldn't be still long enough for me to trim them. It worked, but the next night she woke up and started freaking out because we hadn't trimmed her nails before bed...I explained it was okay because they were short enough that the goblins wouldn't nibble them, but after answering a million questions about what goblins look like, where they live, what kind of music they like, if they like my little ponies or littlest pet shop better, etc. I came clean and told her I was only being silly so she'd finally go to sleep!
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Permalink Reply by Sarah Bell on -
Mmm this is difficult because I think I have said so many things that are not 'politically correct' that I can't count them all! Where is the handbook for motherhood?
I think the worse thing so far that I have told them.....or one of them....is (recently) if they fight then they are not going to have a Christmas. I threatened it so many times...I know this is horrible to threaten and not follow through. LOL! Darn.... could of saved some money!
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Permalink Reply by Lana on -
That used to work, but now that he is almost 9 - he knows it won't happen. Actually, the response I get now is, if he does not put it on, I will go to jail. So I yell at him, tell him to stop being a smart mouth and that he better put it on or I will turn the car around. If he doesn't listen, then I really turn the car around - that usually does the trick.
Michele said:He would go to jail if he didn't leave his seatbelt on.
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Permalink Reply by Lori Wilson on -
Told all three of my boys that i could tell if they were lying by looking at their foreheads. OMG it worked for YEARS. One would come to me with a story, have his hair pulled back, saying SEE - IT"S THE TRUTH. I'd study the forehead carefully... Yes it does look like you are telling the truth. The other brother is standing quietly with his hair pulled as far down over his eyes as it can go. Let me see - i say. He reluctantly pulls the hair back. Hmmm... your forehead says you are not telling the whole truth.
They are teens now - and i think it still works... i meet them at the door when they get home from being out. Body language tells so much!
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Permalink Reply by Ryan Elizabeth on -
I'm so using this now! You can tell by the look on their faces!
Lori Wilson said:Told all three of my boys that i could tell if they were lying by looking at their foreheads. OMG it worked for YEARS. <</div>
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Permalink Reply by Jenn Belden on -
Oh, that is the best! I'm going to use this, too!
I told my son that ALL mommies have eyes in the backs of their heads, that is how we know when our kids are doing something naughty behind our backs. He's always poking thru my hair to find those "eyes".
Lori Wilson said:Told all three of my boys that i could tell if they were lying by looking at their foreheads. OMG it worked for YEARS. One would come to me with a story, have his hair pulled back, saying SEE - IT"S THE TRUTH. I'd study the forehead carefully... Yes it does look like you are telling the truth. The other brother is standing quietly with his hair pulled as far down over his eyes as it can go. Let me see - i say. He reluctantly pulls the hair back. Hmmm... your forehead says you are not telling the whole truth.
They are teens now - and i think it still works... i meet them at the door when they get home from being out. Body language tells so much!
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Permalink Reply by Jenn Belden on
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Oh, and our dentist told my son that if he didn't brush his teeth, sugar bugs would eat them.
We reinforced this - when he asked what the sugar bugs would do, we told them they would eat his teeth, so they wouldn't fall out on their own and the tooth fairy couldn't come.
Then, when he saw a toothpaste commercial depicting an enlarged view of bacteria, he asked what that was and we said "Oh, those are sugar bugs". He totally freaked out and now is a fanatic about brushing.
But I think I like the fungus/tree idea, too.
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Permalink Reply by Rugbymom on -
Funny story, the other day we were walking to the car (it was rather cold) and I was zipping up my oldest's jacket and my 1 year old was about to step off the porch onto the sidewalk (quite a ways away from the street btw) and my 3 year old said to her, " Stop Meredith! If you go out there a car will come by and squash you like a bug!" I tried to hide my laughter when I asked my 3 year old where she heard that from? She pointed at the 1 year old who could not talk and said "Meredith!" I knew it was her Daddy though!! Can't say I feel bad about her being scared of the street though.
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Permalink Reply by Rugbymom on
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Love it! I'm stealing it too!
Ryan Elizabeth said:I'm so using this now! You can tell by the look on their faces!
Lori Wilson said:Told all three of my boys that i could tell if they were lying by looking at their foreheads. OMG it worked for YEARS. <</div>
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Permalink Reply by AmyKPM on -
Sugar bugs... lying foreheads... I love it! Thanks for the ideas!
Hmmm, the worst thing I ever told my boy... Well, he's six, and this Christmas, he weaseled it out of me that there isn't a Santa Claus. The unexpected guilt was immediate and lasted throughout the season ("You mean it's been YOU leaving the presents all along? "Why do parents LIE to their kids like that?") So I guess I should have either come clean 6 years ago (so he could be even more cynical than he is already) or continued to live the happy lie. Seriously, I didn't think it would be THAT big a deal... Fa la la la la....
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