TWENTY FIVE EXAMPLES OF MY MOTHER'S TEACHINGS

She always stressed the following:

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.'

PIETY
'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.'

SPACE TRAVEL
'If you don't behave, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!'

DEMOCRACY
'Because I said so, that's why.'

CAUSE AND EFFECT
'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck,you're not going to the store with me.'

CULTURAL NORMS
'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'

COUNSELING
'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'

MAGIC TRICKS
'Shut your mouth and eat your supper.'

CONTORTIONISM
'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!'

ENDURANCE
'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'

WEATHER
'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.'

HYPOCRISY
'If I told you once, I've told you a million times… Don't exaggerate!'

BASIC REALITIES
'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.'

PSYCHOLOGY
'Stop acting like your father!'

ENVY
'There are millions of children in this world who don't have parents like you do.'

FORESIGHT
'Just wait until we get home.'

THE GREAT OUTDOORS
'You are going to get it when you get home!'

MEDICAL SCIENCE
'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.'

ESP
'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'

MATERNAL CONCERN
'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.'

DIET
'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'

FAMILY HISTORY
'You're just like your father.'

FAMILY ROOTS
'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?'

UNDERSTANDING
'When you get to be my age, you'll know what I mean.'

And my favorite: JUSTICE
'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!
RELIGION
'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.'

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.'

UNDERSTANDING
'When you get to be my age, you'll know what I mean.'
CONTORTIONISM
'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!'

BEHAVIOR COACHING
'Stop acting like your father!'
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
'You are going to get it when you get home!'

ANTICIPATION
'Just wait until we get home.'

METEOROLOGY
'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.'

ESP
'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'

BASIC PODIATRY
'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.'

CULTURAL NORMS
'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'

CLARITY.
'If I told you once, I've told you a million times… Don't exaggerate!'

STAMINA
'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'

LOGIC
'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck,you're not going to the store with me.'

COMPASSION
'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'
MEDICAL SCIENCE
'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.'

HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT
'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'

THE RULE OF REASON
'Because I said so, that's why.'

And my favorite: JUSTICE
'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!

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Frank Gerace Ph.D also offers resources for Spanish Speaking learners of English at www.InglesParaLatinos.com and for English speaking learners of Spanish at . He also maintains a blog at www.InglesParaHispanos.blogspot.com . He has served in Latin America in United Nations and national Educational and Communication Projects, and has taught in Bolivian and Peruvian Universities. He currently teaches English in New York City at a CUNY college as well as maintaining a strong bilingual presence on the web. He provides guidance on accent reduction and the proper American English accent at www.GoodAccent.com.">www.InglesParaLatinos.com/SpanishCourses.htm . He also maintains a blog at www.InglesParaHispanos.blogspot.com . He has served in Latin America in United Nations and national Educational and Communication Projects, and has taught in Bolivian and Peruvian Universities. He currently teaches English in New York City at a CUNY college as well as maintaining a strong bilingual presence on the web. He provides guidance on accent reduction and the proper American English accent at www.GoodAccent.com.

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