GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.'

PIETY

'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.'

TIME TRAVEL

'If you don't behave, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!'

THE RULE OF REASON

'Because I said so, that's why.'

LOGIC

'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck,you're not going to the store with me.'

CULTURAL NORMS

'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'

COMPASSION

'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'

MAGIC TRICKS

'Shut your mouth and eat your supper.'

FLEXIBILITY

'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!'

ENDURANCE

'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'

WEATHER

'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.'

HYPOCRISY

'If I told you once, I've told you a million times… Don't exaggerate!'

BASIC REALITIES

'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.'

BEHAVIOR COACHING

'Stop acting like your father!'

ENVY

'There are millions of children in this world who don't have parents like you do.'

FORESIGHT

'Just wait until we get home.'

GRATITUDE

'You are going to get it when you get home!'

OPHTHAMOLOGY

'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.'

ESP

'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'

BASIC PODIATRY

'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.'

HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT

'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'

GENETICS

'You're just like your father.'

OUR BACKGROUND

'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?'

UNDERSTANDING

'When you get to be my age, you'll know what I mean.'

And my favorite: JUSTICE

'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!

RELIGION

'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.'

A JOB WELL DONE

'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.'

UNDERSTANDING

'When you get to be my age, you'll know what I mean.'

CONTORTIONISM

'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!'

PSYCHOLOGY

'Stop acting like your father!'

GRATITUDE

'You are going to get it when you get home!'

FORESIGHT

'Just wait until we get home.'

WEATHER

'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.'

EMPATHY

'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'

BASIC PODIATRY

'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.'

FORESIGHT

'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'

CLARITY.

'If I told you once, I've told you a million times… Don't exaggerate!'

STAMINA

'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'

CAUSE AND EFFECT

'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck,you're not going to the store with me.'

COUNSELING

'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'

OPHTHAMOLOGY

'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.'

HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT

'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'

DEMOCRACY

'Because I said so, that's why.'

And the best: REVENGE

'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!