20 Phrases Your Parents Probably Said That Will Never Go Out of Style

Nobody is born ready to be a parent, but there seems to be a secret society or some kind of occult university where, year after year, parents are trained to come up with the same repertoire of phrases that are always used to educate their children.

O awesome.club put together some of the many phrases that parents tell us when we are children and that, incredible as it may seem, make perfect sense.

1. Because I said

2. If I find it, what will I do with you?

3. This isn’t a hotel, my friend.

4. You will thank me when you grow up

5. When you have kids, you’ll understand

6. You’re leaving and I’m coming back

7. You will regret raising your hand to me

8. This hurts me more than it hurts you

9. If your friend jumps off the bridge, do you jump too?

10. In my day things lasted longer!

11. One more of these and you’ll see!

12. Wait until we get home

13. What are you going to do when I’m not here anymore?

14. As long as you don’t finish the plate, you don’t leave the table

15. As long as you live under this roof, you will do as I say

16. You have 3 seconds to obey me

17. So many hungry children and you leaving food on the plate

18. It doesn’t matter that you are 30 years old, you will always be my princess

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19. Your only obligation is to study

20. You don’t leave the house if you don’t clean your room

Which of the phrases above reminds you the most of childhood? Do you use any of them with your child? What others would you add? Share in the comments.