Moms repeat same sayings their parents used
Eight out of ten mums admit they have started rolling out the tried and tested adages their parents used to deal with them when they were kids.Researchers found 'Because I said so' and 'Wait and see' are the most common retorts fired at the children along with 'If someone asked you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?'
'It'll end in tears' and 'who's she, the cat's mother?', also emerged as common answers to annoying questions - much like they did for previous generations.
The study of 3,000 mums found more than half intentionally use some of their parent's best loved phrases because they think it worked to discipline them.
But 40 per cent of mums admitted sometimes repeating things their parents said even though they didn't really know what it meant.
A spokeswoman for TheBabyWebsite.com, which conducted the study, said: "The funny thing about this research is that many mums will insist they are nothing like their own mothers.
"But the reality is that we can't help but teach our children as our parents taught us, and that means using old sayings, familiar methods of discipline and routines which worked for our parents."
TOP 20 SAYINGS
1. Because I said so
2. Wait and see
3. If someone asked you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?
4. You'll have someone's eye out with that
5. What did your last slave die of?
6. Close the door you don't live in a barn
7. I've told you a thousand times!
8. There's no such word as can't
9. Say pardon not what
10. It'll end in tears
11. Who's she, the cat's mother?
12. I want never gets
13. If you're too full to finish your dinner, you're too full for desert
14. That's for me to know and you to find out
15. Back in my day!
16. Don't sit too close to the TV you'll get square eyes
17. I'll give you something to cry about
18. Carrots will make you see in the dark
19. Ask your father / mother
20. Do as I say, not as I do
LINKS
TheBabyWebsite.com
"But the reality is that we can't help but teach our children as our parents taught us, and that means using old sayings, familiar methods of discipline and routines which worked for our parents."
TOP 20 SAYINGS
1. Because I said so
2. Wait and see
3. If someone asked you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?
4. You'll have someone's eye out with that
5. What did your last slave die of?
6. Close the door you don't live in a barn
7. I've told you a thousand times!
8. There's no such word as can't
9. Say pardon not what
10. It'll end in tears
11. Who's she, the cat's mother?
12. I want never gets
13. If you're too full to finish your dinner, you're too full for desert
14. That's for me to know and you to find out
15. Back in my day!
16. Don't sit too close to the TV you'll get square eyes
17. I'll give you something to cry about
18. Carrots will make you see in the dark
19. Ask your father / mother
20. Do as I say, not as I do
LINKS
TheBabyWebsite.com
