![]() ![]() I was being too noisy at home and my mother told me she was going to count to three. When a child is doing something bad the parent will say I'm going to count to three and I'll just slowly say one, two, and usually they don't get to three, because they tell the child like they have three seconds to stop whatever bad behavior he or she is doing, so usually the parent only has to say one in that tone of voice, and maybe two, and then the child will stop, what happened that three is up to the parent really, I think in most cases the parent just like takes the toy or the parent will stop the car do something to like strikes fear into the the misbehaving child. This is a classic! The expression "I'm going to count to three," this is like, this is a terror inducing mechanism, this is a way to make kids feel afraid of something that's going to happen but rarely does, I feel. The child is supposed to be sleeping, he or she is not sleeping, the parent says, go to bed. ![]() Your, the kid is up too late there in my case, I would always up late reading books, I would be, like, under the covers reading book, my parents would find me, go to bed! And my defense is always, I'm in bed! I'm in there, I'm reading! So let's see, when I had been playing video games for too long in my childhood, my grandmother would come in the door, would open the door and say to me, Alisha, do your homework! That is true! Your child, the child in question is not doing his or her homework, so mother or father will say, do your homework, it's time you need to, it's your responsibility. please, mom!ĭo your homework, again, the command form of something. ![]() I still need someone to say this to me periodically. The next expression is "do your homework." My mother told me to behave because I was running around at the formal dinner. So to behave means to be good, to be correct, to be proper, so, but behave this is the command form of the verb, so this means that you or whoever is on the receiving end of this expression is not behaving properly, so parents will say "behave" if you're being too noisy at a dinner party. My mother would often tell my brother and I to be quiet when we were playing. The next phrase is "be quiet." So kids are notoriously noisy notorious means are known for, kids are very noisy, so parents often tell children to be quiet. My dad still tells me when he sees me using a kitchen knife. Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words! My name is Alisha, and today we're going to be talking about the top 10 things that your parents always say.Īnytime your parent sees you doing something slightly dangerous, they will say be careful. ![]()
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