{"id":49,"date":"2009-12-09T14:23:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T19:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2009-12-09T14:23:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T19:23:53","slug":"andy-andrews%e2%80%99-fifty-famous-parental-sayings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/2009\/12\/09\/andy-andrews%e2%80%99-fifty-famous-parental-sayings\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Andrews\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Fifty Famous Parental Sayings"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Andy Andrews parents were alive today, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d honestly be amazed at what he remembers. They might say he has a mind like a sponge.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He actually remembers the very best things his parents and other mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s said. He even wrote them down and memorized them!<\/p>\n

And with the holidays coming up, winter break means that kids will be spending a lot more time than usual with parents nearby, at least for a while.<\/p>\n

And that means of course that normal kid-like behavior will surely trigger some of the most important communications that parents are capable of coming up with.<\/p>\n

So parents, to help make your winter holiday with the kids easier than ever before, Andy is presenting you with his Fifty Famous Parental Sayings!<\/p>\n

Go ahead \u00e2\u20ac\u201c use \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcem on your kids these next few weeks!<\/p>\n

And maybe someday, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll pass these priceless words of wisdom on to their kids as well.<\/p>\n

Here they are:<\/p>\n

1. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d better change your tune pretty quick or you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re out of here.<\/p>\n

2. I mean it.<\/p>\n

3. Is that understood?<\/p>\n

4. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t shake your head at me.<\/p>\n

5. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hear your head rattle.<\/p>\n

6. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mumble.<\/p>\n

7. You act like the world owes you a living.<\/p>\n

8. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a chip on your shoulder.<\/p>\n

9. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not going anywhere looking like that.<\/p>\n

10. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re crazy if you think you are.<\/p>\n

11. If you think you are, just try me.<\/p>\n

12. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrong with you.<\/p>\n

13. Other kids don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pull stuff like that.<\/p>\n

14. I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like that.<\/p>\n

15. What kind of an example do you think you are for you brothers and sisters?<\/p>\n

16. Stand up straight.<\/p>\n

17. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t slouch.<\/p>\n

18. Would you like a spanking?<\/p>\n

19. If you would like a spanking, just tell me now and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get this thing over with.<\/p>\n

20. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re cruising for a bruising.<\/p>\n

21. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m your father and as long as you live in my house you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do as I say.<\/p>\n

22. Do you think the rules don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t apply to you?<\/p>\n

23. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m here to tell you that they do.<\/p>\n

24. Are you blind?<\/p>\n

25. Watch what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing!<\/p>\n

26. You walk around like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in a daze.<\/p>\n

27. Something better change and change fast.<\/p>\n

28. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re driving you mother to an early grave.<\/p>\n

29. This is a family vacation.<\/p>\n

30. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to have fun whether you like it or not.<\/p>\n

31. Take some responsibility.<\/p>\n

32. Pull your own weight.<\/p>\n

33. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect other people to pick up after you and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ask me for money.<\/p>\n

34. What do you think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m made of money?<\/p>\n

35. Do you think I have a tree that grows money?<\/p>\n

36. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d better wake up and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean maybe.<\/p>\n

37. Do you act like this when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re away from us?<\/p>\n

38. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve given everything we possibly could.<\/p>\n

39. Food on the table.<\/p>\n

40. A roof over your head, things we never had when we were your age.<\/p>\n

41. You treat us like we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exist.<\/p>\n

42. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no excuse.<\/p>\n

43. If he jumped off a cliff would you jump off a cliff too?<\/p>\n

44. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re grounded.<\/p>\n

45. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to put up with this for another minute.<\/p>\n

46. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re crazy if you think I am.<\/p>\n

47. If you think I am just try me.<\/p>\n

48. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look at me that way.<\/p>\n

49. Look at me when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m talking to you.<\/p>\n

50. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make me say this again.<\/p>\n

Andy says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I bet I heard every one of these when I grew up.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

And you probably did too.<\/p>\n

Andy Andrews is the NY Times bestselling author of The Traveler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gift and The Noticer (published by Thomas Nelson). His newest books are Return from Sawyerton Springs (Hay House) and the brand new book titled The Butterfly Effect How your Life Matters (Simple Truths).<\/p>\n

For more information www.andyandrews.com<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"rss\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If Andy Andrews parents were alive today, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d honestly be amazed at what he remembers. They might say he has a mind like a sponge. He actually remembers the very best things his parents and other mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s said. He even wrote them down and memorized them! And with the holidays coming up, winter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/momsnetwork.com\/workathomeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}