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 Hedge81 on -
I told my six year old that if he picked his nose one more time his brains would fall out,
shame that he then immediately had a nose bleed, much panic in my house then
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Permalink Reply by Margo on -
Everyone's replies are priceless. I only wish my girls were a little younger so I could implement some of them. I would so have taught them that I could read honesty on their foreheads.
When 16 yr. old was 3 1/2 I told her that if she didn't become potty trained I was going to have to send her away to a special sleep away camp. I had exhausted the good mommy route and none of it worked. All the baby care books cautioned that this tactic was a horrendous and cruel option and that permanent pyscological damage was inevitable. From the moment I told her of this camp, she was potty trained. I went into labor with her sister two days later. To be honest, making this kind of threat had been my instinct for a while. It was a good lesson for me that nobody knows your child like you do. She continues in her attempt to take over the family to this day.. but she is a fabulous, adjusted, intelligent young lady who loves travel and sleep away camp. So there experts!
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Permalink Reply by Ashley on -
My only child is a year old so there isn't a whole lot of demanding from me to him. He, however, is starting his terrible two's (whining, grabbing everything). I have found myself saying "QUIT YOUR BITCHING!" quite a bit. Not nice, I know, but it works.
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Permalink Reply by mom2beauty on -
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!
I laughed sa hard I about fell out of my chair! This is awesome! I gotta try it!!!!
Thanks for the HEADS up!!! LOLOLOL!!!
Rhonda
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Permalink Reply by Donna E on -
telling them I'd put them out of the car if they didn't stop whatever in the back seat!
oh.yeah,now I tell my little boys if they don't hurry to get ready I'll leave them in the basement while we go run our errands! I know it's mean,but they don't want to be alone so they stop dragging butt!They tend to get undressed while I'm getting the younger set of twins ready that's why I threaten them!!!!
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Permalink Reply by Lori on -
These are bad things to say to your kids, but also fabulous ideas. I especially like the sugar bugs one. In fact I just used it on my 3 year old when she asked me for a bowl of whipped cream. She opened her mouth and asked me to check to see if there were any sugar bugs. I said I didn't see any, but she would have to brush her teeth as soon as she was finished eating the cream. What kind of a mother allows her child to eat a bowl of whipped cream? Ah, that was a rhetorical question.
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Permalink Reply by mom2beauty on
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After my DD who was about 5 called me a MEAN MOMMY (and a day filled with a witch of a mother in law so I was not in the mood for crap)
I pulled the car off to the side of the road and I told her in a MEAN MOMMY way to go and live in the woods...maybe should would find a better Mommy there!
For weeks after that she would ask me if I was seriously going to have her go live in the woods.....
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Permalink Reply by mom2beauty on
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wordsmither said:This is more of the worst thing I DID... but one night, when my kid was slamming his door repeatedly, I ran down the hall and started slamming it myself repeatedly. It didn't really fix anything, but DAMN it felt good!
OMG do you have cameras in my home or somthing...I swear this is exactly somthing I would have done! LOLOLOLOL!!!! HOW FUNNY!!! Bet he thought Mommy had gone nuts!! LOL!!!!
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Permalink Reply by amanda on
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This probably not even the worst, but the teeth one reminded me of how I get mine to stop complaining about having to brush the grits. I tell them that they will be like their Mimi (who has a removable bridge) if they don't take care of them. The dentist will have to take them all out and give them the fake kind. Totally shuts 'em up b/c they all think Mimi's are creepy.
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Permalink Reply by Nakia on -
After watching Pinocchio, I told my four year old that bad little boys who don't listen to their mommies turn into donkeys.
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Permalink Reply by valerie sanders on -
omg~! i love this idea,Im using it!
Jenn Belden said: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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