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mariah
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« on: September 16, 2011, 08:16:35 AM »
I'm looking for a few more ideas for a something I'm working on, and need your help.

What are some of the things you all tell, or have told, your children they weren't allowed to do.

For example, jumping on the furniture, throwing balls in the house...You know, all the things kids think we tell them only because we're trying to ruin their fun. Smiley

Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions.
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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2011, 11:11:55 AM »
How about:
No bouncing balls off the ceiling (can leave marks that can only be fixed by repainting the whole dang thing!)

Or how about this one:
No playing with the milk bags! Here in Quebec, milk comes in one-litre plastic bags and they're so much fun to flop around and squeeze and roll... until they break and milk goes everywhere. Don't ask me how I know this! Maybe you could adopt this to some kind of packaging common in the U.S.

I think this is going to be a fun thread!
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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2011, 11:15:24 AM »
Oh, look! I'm a Junior Bunny now!!  What fun!!!  I'm hopping all around!!

(Springpeeper will now return to her seat and be quiet.)
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 11:31:14 AM »
I had to tell my little one to not wipe poop on the walls or bathroom sink. He tries to wipe himself, and being two, doesn't always do a great job. Instead of asking for help, I end up with poop smeared on things. I told him it was digusting and would make everyone sick. He stopped doing it.

I also tell my kids not to bang on things. The oldest and youngest both think they are drummers and use absolutely everything in the house as a drum. It drives me crazy.
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 12:29:37 PM »
hmmm, lets see...

leave the dogs and cats alone...they don't like being teased.
Don't touch the stove...your still too lottle to cook
Stay off the counters and the tables
No need to slam things around
no jumping on the furniture
Stop dropping your supper on the floor for the dogs to clean up.
Nope....the broomstick does not go in the blades of the ceiling fan :Smiley
When I say NO, I mean NO....you don't need to ask me a dozen times....the answer is still no

oh, I'm sure I have lots more
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2011, 01:43:36 PM »
The air vents are NOT where we put the dvds.

No hanging from the fridge door.

Do not stuff your brother in the dryer.

Do not cut your hair or your brother's hair.

No spitting, hitting, kicking, screaming, etc.

REally, this list could go on for awhile...
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2011, 02:09:17 PM »
lol, you all are cracking me up! Smiley

I have four kids so I say so many things all day long. It's hard to remember what I'm saying some times, especially when I don't have time to finish correcting one before another's doing something that needs my attention. But a lot of this sounds very familiar!

Keep those ideas comin, I need a few of them.

Thanks again for all the help.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2011, 04:01:44 PM »
Have you got the classic - "don't run with scissors"?

"don't tap the glass" (fish tank - not that my kids do this, but I know it's a classic)

"stop stomping down the hall" (our house is attached, and sometimes I feel sorry for the neighbors)

"don't fill it to the top" (seriously, why do they have to fill a glass of oj to the very brim, then try to carry it?)

"do you have to have it so loud?" (re TV, and they have the subtitles on so they don't miss a word)

"don't put empty cartons back in the fridge"
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2011, 04:24:29 PM »
I don't have children, but these are some don'ts I have been told or I have heard others tell their children

Do not pick off all the leaves on the tree and shove them down the register vent  - Don't put anything down the register vent for that matter.

Don't shove marbles up your nose - or buttons - or crayons - or anything else, really

Don't talk to strangers EVER

DON'T PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH!!!

Don't eat out of the dog's dish. Yuck

The Dog's chew toy is NOT your chew toy.  Yuck again.

The cat's box is NOT your toy box.  Eeew.
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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2011, 04:35:21 PM »
Yay, I think I have enough ideas. Thanks everyone, not only for the ideas but for the laugh. Grin

There are several things on this thread that my own kids have done. Some of them are still trying to eat cat food and play in the litter box--when it's clean.

I just needed a little help to get the creative juices flowing. Thanks! You're all wonderful.
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« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2011, 06:18:09 PM »
Wow, you guys have it easy.

Things we heard my parents say when we were kids: (Myself and older brother and sister)

"Do NOT throw your brother off the balcony."

Do NOT jump from the tree and onto the roof of the house." (it was two floors and a basement worth of height)

"Why did you hit your sister with a rock?"
                    "Cuz she ran too fast to hit her with a stick."

"If you are going to run away, you will be leaving my world the way you came into it...naked and screaming."

"Don't shoot a rifle out the bedroom window."

"Do NOT make explosives to destroy tree stumps."
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« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2011, 07:22:57 PM »
Your poor mom. You all must have made her a nervous wreck.

I have one who thinks he can do anything and he's afraid of nothing. That scares me enough. I couldn't even imagine him with a rifle or any kind of explosives. 
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« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2011, 06:39:55 PM »
Quote from: hardt on September 16, 2011, 06:18:09 PM
Wow, you guys have it easy.

Things we heard my parents say when we were kids: (Myself and older brother and sister)

"Do NOT throw your brother off the balcony."

Do NOT jump from the tree and onto the roof of the house." (it was two floors and a basement worth of height)

"Why did you hit your sister with a rock?"
                    "Cuz she ran too fast to hit her with a stick."

"If you are going to run away, you will be leaving my world the way you came into it...naked and screaming."

"Don't shoot a rifle out the bedroom window."

"Do NOT make explosives to destroy tree stumps."

I do believe this explains a lot ... lol   Wink
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« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2011, 09:34:38 PM »
I think an appropriate explanation would take many chapters, followed by many years of therapy...for the reader.
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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2011, 02:38:57 PM »
Quote from: hardt on September 17, 2011, 09:34:38 PM
I think an appropriate explanation would take many chapters, followed by many years of therapy...for the reader.

Would this be why you are now the "black ops Minion"?
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