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>I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay.
My gram had an odd one: "If germs were purple, you’d be more careful." (after kid says "I didn’t _know_ I couldn’t do that.") "Well, now you know." "So who ever told you that life would be fair?" (after kid complains about something’s unfairness, of course.) The worst: "sheeeeeeeeeeila, stop whyyyyyyyyning," said in the whiniest way imaginable. -Nathan
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"I’ll give you something to cry about!"
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writes: >I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. >I’m looking for gems along the lines of: >"Because I said so." >"Just wait’ll your father gets home." >"When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you." >Thanks for your help! >Brian Anderson
Don’t you know there are children starving in Somalia? Now finish your dinner. Nyoka
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> > I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. > I’m looking for gems along the lines of: > "Because I said so." > "Just wait’ll your father gets home." > "When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you."
How many times do I have to tell you….
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> I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. > Thanks for your help! > Brian Anderson
Dad said to my sisters: "If you crack your knuckles, it’ll make your hands look like *boys’* hands." Dad said to my brother and me: "If you crack your knuckles, it’ll make your hands look like *girls’* hands." I still crack my knuckles. My hands look just like my dad’s. — Jon Michael Grant Learn, teach, laugh
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > : I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. > : I’m looking for gems along the lines of: > : "Because I said so." > : "Just wait’ll your father gets home." > : "When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you." > : Thanks for your help! > : Brian Anderson > "Because I’m the mom and I said" > Leslie mommy to Kyle 3 yrs. 11/8/93 and Paige 1/2/97 > — > * "Thumper" "Children are the living messages we * > * / send to a world we will never see" * > * ( ) *
If these are "gems" I can hardly wait for your definition of hackneyed! 
( — Today is the day. Now is the time.
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> >I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay.
OK, this one comes as a two-part set: –WHAT did you THINK you were doing???!!! ANSWER me when I ask you a question! <immediately followed by…> –DON’T you open your mouth when I’m talking to you! OK, so obviously we’d pushed my mom beyond reason <grin> –Vanessa
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"We’ll see." "Don’t take that tone with me, missy!" or " Don’t you sass me, missy." "I brought you into this world, I can take you out!" "By the time you’re a grandmother, you’ll forget all about it." "I’ve got eyes in the back of my head, that’s how I know." "I heard that." "No ifs ands or buts about it!" "Go play in the traffic." my mom used to say this all the time, we lived on a dead end street. "I am the mother and YOU are the daughter." – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay.
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> > I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay.
Because I said so. If Sammy jumped off the roof you would too? If you don’t stop that this minute I’m going to take away TV for a month! Stop fighting with your brother. And 1000’s of others that I swore I’d never say…. Iris
– "My Favorite Teams are the Oregon Ducks and whoever is playing the Huskies!"
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> (challenging) "WHY?" > "Because I’m mean and I’m nasty and I hate children." > (Which they know perfectly well isn’t true, and thus > sidetracks the "WHY?")
My mother’s variant on this was "Because I’m mean and nasty and that’s the way I get my jollies." I HATED it when she said this. Bonnie
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>I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. >I’m looking for gems along the lines of: >"Because I said so." >"Just wait’ll your father gets home." >"When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you." >Thanks for your help!
"Wait a minute." "Don’t worry about it." "I’m working on it." "Hold on a second." "I’ll think about it." "We can only do one thing at a time." "They’re driving me crazy." "It’s been a long day." And finally, my father’s favorite: "No rest for the weary." Peggy
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>I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. >I’m looking for gems along the lines of: >"Because I said so." >"Just wait’ll your father gets home." >"When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you." >Thanks for your help! >Brian Anderson
Good luck! Bernadette Visit the Mitchell Wagner/Wagner Mitchell Clan at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7642
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> I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. > I’m looking for gems along the lines of: > "Because I said so." > "Just wait’ll your father gets home." > "When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you."
(challenging) "WHY?" "Because I’m mean and I’m nasty and I hate children." (Which they know perfectly well isn’t true, and thus sidetracks the "WHY?") — D. C. Sessions
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moderate your voice!! when i was a kid, this was a lot of money i was in labor with you so long i missed THREE meals! i’m a lot nicer to you than my parent’s were to me! my mom would never have bought this for me / let me get away with that! don’t spend it all in one place eat this..it’ll grow hair on your chest! what do you think your punishment should be?
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> I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay.
One I heard a lot as a kid: It’s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. And one I use a lot: If you can’t take the pain, don’t play the game. — Brett Carver (707) 577-4344
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Two favorites of my mother: "What will the neighbors think?" and "Who cares what the other kids think/are wearing/do?" Also, "You’re not going out looking like a ragamuffin." (What the hell is a ragamuffin anyway?)
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> I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay.
When I was your age I had to…… How can you have any pudding if you haven’t eaten your meat? Don’t take that tone with me! Your big sister never…… — / _ o _ Lauria Blackwell Big sister to John (8) and Robyn (6)
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"If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all." "Did you wash behind your ears?" "When I was a little girl I never…. (or I always…)" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. > I’m looking for gems along the lines of: > "Because I said so." > "Just wait’ll your father gets home." > "When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you." > Thanks for your help! > Brian Anderson
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My mom’s all time fav."You made your bed,now you have to lie in it!" Also some I remember from my childhood,"Do you think money grows on trees???" or "Do I look like i’m made of money??" "You are not leaving this house dressed like that!!!!"and last but definitly not least…"This room looks – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Do I look like I’m talking to the walls? > Close the door — I’m not trying to heat the outdoors! > I’m sorry, but whining hurts my ears. > And my all-time responsibility-building favorite: > You burn your butt, you live with the blister!!! > (The wisest piece of advice I ever got!) > Theresa > Mom to Jessi(15), Billy(6), & Alex(3)
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How many times do I have to tell/ask you? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. >I’m looking for gems along the lines of: >"Because I said so." >"Just wait’ll your father gets home." >"When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you." >Thanks for your help! >Brian Anderson
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But I’m not so-and-so’s (child’s name) mother. What do you mean there’s nothing to do? Why didn’t you go before we left? I’ll pull this car over!!! Don’t sit too close to the tv… it’s bad for your eyes.
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I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. I’m looking for gems along the lines of: "Because I said so." "Just wait’ll your father gets home." "When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you." Thanks for your help! Brian Anderson
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: I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. : I’m looking for gems along the lines of: : "Because I said so." : "Just wait’ll your father gets home." : "When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you." : Thanks for your help! : Brian Anderson "Because I’m the mom and I said" Leslie mommy to Kyle 3 yrs. 11/8/93 and Paige 1/2/97 — * "Thumper" "Children are the living messages we * * / send to a world we will never see" * * ( ) *
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>I need some "parenting" lines for a screenplay. >I’m looking for gems along the lines of: >"Because I said so." >"Just wait’ll your father gets home." >"When you grow up I hope you have a son/daughter just like you."
Do you want your face to freeze like that? Eat your [food], it’ll make your hair curly. If [] jumped off a cliff, would you do it too? Lisa
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Do I look like I’m talking to the walls? Close the door — I’m not trying to heat the outdoors! I’m sorry, but whining hurts my ears. And my all-time responsibility-building favorite: You burn your butt, you live with the blister!!! (The wisest piece of advice I ever got!) Theresa Mom to Jessi(15), Billy(6), & Alex(3)
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