Oct 14, 2009
What phrases get uttered most in your home?
I say, “Leave your brother alone” more than any other sentence.
Versions of “You don’t need to yell” are also heard regularly.
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Most often in my house… “I beg your pardon?”
“Put it back.”
Stop whining!
“Where’s the…”
Turn that down!
“Manganen!” (in English, “Eating Time!”) =)
With a 3.5year old a 2 year old and a 2 month old “just a minute…”
“Stop whining.”
Please share nicely!
“Stop sitting on your brother’s head!”
“No, you can’t kill your sister!”
Use right now:
“That’s enough.”
“Tate (usually a bit forceful). Your sister is sleeping.”
Trying to use more:
“That’s great, buddy.”
“Good obeying.”
‘Put your underwear back on.’ ‘Say I am sorry.’ ‘Jesus makes my dirty heart clean.’ ‘Stop hitting your brother.’ ‘Soft voice…soft voice.’ ‘Hit the cheerio IN the potty.’ etc…
“Lucy, get down!” (dog)
Geez – am I the first “NO” on here? Seriously? Someone needs to tell me if that word is out of vogue, okay? (snicker)
Same as you, actually!
“Out of your mouth!” and “Hands off”
“stop” and “no”
I’m Hungry.
We want less mess, not more mess.
1…2…
Does the dog have water?
gross newlywed language. “you’re cute,” “no YOU’RE cute,” &c., &c.
No kids yet, huh?
nope, and only six weeks of marriage down. :]
car, you and kev are too cute. and this was funny.
YOU are NOT the parent! You don’t have to be so nasty, you COULD say it kindly. I am so tired of ________ behavior! I love you, and I don’t want to spank you but….. (dealing with a lot of sin at our house)
“What does Jesus say about how we treat each other?”
and
“What does God want children to do?”
The runners up are not as sanctified or edifying…
“so are we gonna watch something, er, uh…”
we are an aposiopesic DVR family :-P
“so are we gonna watch something? er, uh…”
we are an aposiopesic DVR family :-P
(I am a homeschooling mom.)
“Focus on the task at hand.”
“get’cher shoes on!”
“did you get ALL your homework done?”
“avery, stop parenting miles”
“miles, get back in your bed!”
“jillian, you may NOT have Avery’s gum….no…get down…no…get down…no…get down…”
“i love you.”
“you are hilarious.”
“if i wasn’t your mom, i don’t know which one i’d marry…you’re both so handsome.”
“brent, can i have a back massage?”
“jenna, i read a fascinating article about _______”
“you’re going to have to start over. i wasn’t listening.”
“hey, jen, have you thought about dinner?”
“so, when are we gonna get that leak fixed?”
Tea?
I’d say those two hover around the top of our list. I’d have to add “Let’s be gentle.”
To my almost 4 year old, “Get out of your brother’s space,” which evolved from “Stop touching your brother.” I needed a phrase that actually made him stop touching and back away.
To my 2 year old, “Get that out of your mouth.”
“SSSSSSssssssssshhhhh.” We have three boys 7 and under.
“Isn’t anybody going to answer the phone?”
I’ve recently started saying, “Hug your sister” when my girls are getting on one another’s nerves. That’s probably not always best, but it does usually lighten the moment.
OWEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the dog)
“pick up your socks”
“hang your towel up, please”
“you guys are slobs’
“Do I always have to do everything?”
~ mother of 3 teenage boys
“Don’t eat it!”
Sarah: “Where is the ‘dang’ remote??”
Sarah: “We should have Molly and Abraham over!”
Sarah: “Can somebody do the recycling please!?”
“How do you ask?”
(8 children and several with speech issues)
“Are you okay?”
Most often from me, an overly concerned husband and dad.
“Point down!” (6 boys)
“Ask..Ask..Ask”
“Have you spoken to your brother?” (As in don’t tattle until you have tried to solve this on your own.)
“Where is Lily?” followed closely by “Where is Jerry?!”
Bo…take that our of your mouth.
Don’t sit on your brother.
Shhh… Joel is sleeping.
Be nice to the kitty.
I love you.
NO.
It’s a airplane mommy, a airplane!!!!!!
What’s that?
Where’s Daddy?
“That noise means he doesn’t like you doing that.”
“Can I see if can play?”
“Should you be picking your nose?”
“‘Can I see if can play?’” was supposed to be, “Can I see if (fillinname) can play?”
Ginger needs water.
(Ginger is our pet terrier/German pinscher.)
When the kids were a little younger:
Can’t was killed in the Battle of Try.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
Everyone look out your own window. (To calm down squabbles in the car.)
No eating after 8.
I want to have lunch in peace.
Those two are the same most-used phrases in our home.
Leave your brother alone!
Stop yelling or use your inside voice!
We don’t put ______ on your brother.
No touching faces.
This is a chance to obey your mother (or father).
“Where’s Hannah? Peekaboo!”
Such is life with a 13-month-old! I also walk around with songs like “The Itsy, Bitsy Spider” and “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” stuck in my head all day.
From the 11-year-old:
“What’s for lunch?”
“What’s for dinner?”
“What’s for dessert?”
closely followed by
(in a disappointed voice)
“Oh.”