One of the nice things about being a pparent is that it enriches your language skills. Phrases that you never used in the years before the round-faced people arrived suddenly become common currency. I thought I might give you a brief guide.
You'd better do it before I count to 3. 1...2... That's a good boy... This is a high risk phrase of course, since it is rarely used with the foresight of knowing what will happen when you get to three. The days of locking them in a cupboard until they learn right from wrong have long since gone.
Do you want to sit on the naughty spot? Useful when dealing with under-5s who do not yet appreciate the term "rhetoorical".
Who wants to tidy up! This has to be delivered in a bright and upbeat voice which is designed to suggest that tidying up is every bit as exciting as meeeting Santa Claus and all his helpers in Disneyland on Christmas Eve while bathing in a vat of chocoolate.
Nightcap
15 years ago
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