When my kids try any of that, I tell them they’re acting like liberals and will grow up to be worthless dregs on society. Then I assign extra chores and P.T. and cut off their computer usage and lose their mp3 players :-).
Sentences I don’t accept include, “I wasn’t doing anything,” and “It’s not my fault!”
” I tell them they’re acting like liberals and will grow up to be worthless dregs on society.”
I love it.
I think I’d like to borrow that.