The Shit Your Folks Said

[Textile Guy]

11 common lies our parents told us as kids — and their effects according to a child psychologist

Parents have been known to fib to their children on occasion, whether it's to avoid tantrums, spare their feelings, or skirt around difficult topics such as death.

Insider asked psychology professor Dr. Tovah Klein, director of Barnard College's Center for Toddler Development and author of "How Toddlers Thrive," about common lies that parents tell children and how much harm, if any, those little white lies cause.

"This is the best drawing I've ever seen."
"This food you made is so tasty."
"Sorry, we're out of cookies."
"The toy store is closed."
"The tooth fairy/Santa Claus/Easter Bunny, etc. left that for you."
"If you cross your eyes, they'll stay that way."
"We're almost there."
"The fish/cat/dog is sleeping."
"I don't know."
"It's a tie."
"I have eyes in the back of my head."

 

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[Mortymoose]

Money Does not Grow on trees......

If you have nothing to do, by God I will give you something to do....

f you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you ........ Oh! Wait, not that one....

 

[bigAl-sa]

If I catch you, I am going to smack (klap) you into next week

 

[Papa Smurf]

stop crying or i will give you a reason to cry

 

[satanboy]

My father put a pair of scissors in my crib to keep the witches away. (True)

Mom only discovered it after I murdered 3 au pairs.

 

[BloodrayneZA]

Countless of times growing up, I was told I would get warts if I handled frogs and toads. I just laughed and didn't care.

20 years later I can prove it's all a myth. I still handle them. I love my toads more. I used to grab a moth and flick it at a toad nearby, and it would catch it very fast.

 

[BloodrayneZA]

If I catch you, I am going to smack (klap) you into next week

All the time lol. I send her a meme a few weeks back that says Can you klap me right out of 2020. She had a good laugh.

 

[beans100]

Mom: "You must eat all your vegetables, or you'll die young of cancer" - Still here, still don't eat them
Mom: "Kom hier jou klein kak" - Never came
Father: "Accidents never happen" - After I explained that something broke or happened because it was an accident

 

[Textile Guy]

stop crying or i will give you a reason to cry

 

[BloodrayneZA]

stop crying or i will give you a reason to cry

All the frigging time. She does that to my niece cos she's a whiner. This time its a different one with her. "If you don't stop whining, I will put you on time-out". She immediately stops and goes quiet.

 

[Textile Guy]

My folks used to get pissed at me and smack me in syllables "why' did' you' shoot' that' fuck' ing' post' man' in' the' fuck' ing' head' huh' huh' huh' "

Never ever shot anyone in the head again

 

[Urist]

There's a chemical in the pool that turns your pee red.
Believed it for waay too long

 

[Seldom Bucket]

Father used to say when the needle on the fuel tank indicator is near the 'E' that means he has no money

 

[satanboy]

There's a chemical in the pool that turns your pee red.
Believed it for waay too long

Thought it was purple. Didn't stop me though.

 

[Lupus]

Father used to say when the needle on the fuel tank indicator is near the 'E' that means he has no money

Was probably true ;-)

 

[Flanders]

The name ostrich actually comes from 'arse stretch' because that is what happens when this type of bird lays one of its rather sizable eggs.