As a parent, what is your most over-used sentence

Question

Mine is "Eat your food" I have said it at least 30 times today already.

Answer 1

You are so smart!!

My 3.5 yo has been really good and clever lately!!

And for my 8 month old.

You are so freaking cute!!

lol for once, I get to yell nice things :D

Answer 2

God bless you child, how many times have I told you.....

Please, get dressed already!

Finish eating, please, so you can play!

Finish cleaning up, please, so you can go play!

(We use ALOT of 'please and thank you' around our house, even with  discipline. It helps your kids to remember that politeness and manners are always a must. It works too. My son ALWAYS gets comments on how polite he is!)

Answer 3

"no" ... hopefully someday it will be "yes"!

Answer 4

That's enough.

Answer 5

LOL What a great question mine is definitely  "I have already answered that"

Answer 6

"Ugh...you never listen to me!!!"

Answer 7

Stop trying to kill each other.

Answer 8

Definately "Eat your food"

and "Dont do that"

Some sentences i must use to much, because sometimes my little dear cherubs say them to each other!

Answer 9

NO-NO-NO!!!!

Answer 10

'Stop fighting!"  OR

"Settle down."

It's a toss up between the two, lol.

Answer 11

"Be careful."

I read once someone's recommendation that you replace that phrase with "pay attention," which is more empowering, less fear-mongering, and probably more helpful.

Answer 12

Because I said so..That definately has top the list...I swore I would never say it..But i do..

Answer 13

hehe... "eat your food".  That's about right. My daughter's only about 16 months old, so I think right now my most over-used sentence is "don't do that".  

Answer 14

"This is the last time I'm going to say it in this voice.  It gets worse from here."

"Don't use the squeaky voice"

(trying to retrain a whiner)

No freshies

I love you

Five more minutes

Check your sugar

Seat belts... check?

"I got the feeling!" (translates to:  I need to hug someone.  they sqeak and laugh and run and hide.)

This is not a restaurant

Great job with _____ !

"Dr. Jones, what are you doing in such a nasty place?"  and other Indiana Jones quotes.  Having nothing to do with child rearing of course, my son and I are both fans and we exchange silly movie quotes all day long.  We love this one because the guy's voice is so Bloomingdale'sy when he says it.

P.S.  LOL at "tell your feet to walk" above me

Answer 15

My mom says things like, "You are so smart," or, "You are so good," a lot. And of course, "I love you," but I'm seventeen now, and I'm pretty much grown up, so I don't need a lot of the other sentences.

I like what someone else said about saying please a lot, even with discipline. My mom did the same thing. She was always kind and polite when giving out consequences, making sure that we understood why we got them, and that it was a learning thing, not a mean thing.

I get complimented on my manners all the time too. I think I'll use that with my kids as well.

Answer 16

Mine is "shut the **** up".

Answer 17

DON'T

sam

Answer 18

"We'll see." or... "Let me think about it."

Answer 19

Go to bed

Answer 20

Get your finger out of there!

Answer 21

Stop the naughties.

Answer 22

"Where's your ears???"

Answer 23

"Tell your feet to walk". ( in the house).  

I say this so many times a day.

Answer 24

Why can't you kids just listen to me!

or

SHUSH! You're to loud in the car!

Answer 25

No, stop that!

or

Lola, put it down!

And of course I love you.

Answer 26

"Dont do that."

- that makes me sound like a terrible mother.

but my girls like to climb walls, ect.

Answer 27

"Ask your father"

Answer 28

I have three:

Eat your food

Don't touch mommy's phone

Let's not poke sister in the eye

Oh and we say "I love you" often too.

Answer 29

"Get down from there!"

I swear my kid can climb walls.

Answer 30

haha - "KNOCK IT OFF!!!!!!!!"

Answer 31

'Do you have to do that'