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Starting a new thread stemming from the Help with Consequences thread.
Please add little phrases, rhymes or sayings that you have used throughout the years to remind, train, and discipline!
It can be anything! Rhyme, alliteration, funny....any phrase or words that you use over and over! These are SO EFFECTIVE !!
stellamaris wrote:
One thing that has worked here especially with the littler ones (8,8,6 boys) is using "poetry", as in :
**"You do the climb, you do the time (timeout)" or
**"You shirk, you work".
Some of the emotional aspect is removed from the discipline when I just quote these little sayings. They know climbing brings a time-out (which I also do not begin until they are sitting quietly) and not doing a job means they have an extra job added. How about,
"You talk back, you rest in the sack!" Since obviously, if you're talking disrespectfully, it must mean you are too tired to talking politely!!!  They find these poetic gems humorous, and sometimes a little touch of humor helps the medicine go down! |
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Here's one we use a lot, and I'll try to think of more.....
When dc complain because "He got more jelly beans than I did!" we say:
**You "git" what you "git" and you don't have a fit!
(even though my high school speech coach would be all over me about GIT vs. GET.....but in this case, I think she'd understand!
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"You get what you get and you don't get upset!" might please your speech coach!
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My husband sings out "Boys on their seats--get treats" during the chaos after dinner and before dessert.
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Well it's not used often but it fits here. At the end of lacrosse practise they turned on the sprinklers and some of the boys ran in the water.. my oldest boy really wanted to as well.. the field is within resonable walking distance so I gave him the choice.
If you're wet, you walk.
Every time he'd ask for permission (wanting me to say he could and not have to walk) I'd just repeat that phrase.. he did finally decide it wasn't worth having to walk home 
Oh Oh.. I did think of one..
"hands on the van"
it doesn't quite rhyme but it's close.. and it also gets all the kids where they belong when we're getting into or out of the van in a parking lot..
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"If you want to eat, sit in your seat." Our littles tend to hover around the kitchen counters and get in the way close to dinnertime.
It doesn't rhyme, but we also say this often:
"Bad things happen when you choose to disobey. Good things happen when you obey."
And this doesn't rhyme either, but its a broken record here:
"If you aren't bleeding heavily, on fire, or there isn't a mountain gorilla on your head, then its not an emergency" (Emergency here means they can interrupt an adult discussion they were previously told to wait for because it was important)
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Elbows, elbows off the table
this is not a horsey stable!
Stir your stumps, Toad and look lively! (I've taken the phrase from a book and use it to hurry everyone up.)
You snooze...you lose! (used when a child has dilly-dallied around and did not get the coveted seat in the van and was complaining about it)
Rise and shine and give God the glory..glory
Rise and shine and give God the Glory ..Glory
Rise and shine and
give God the glory..glory
children of the Lord.
I use this song in the mornings to awaken my littles. They love it and wake up singing  . I don't use it for my teens however, they just don't see the fun in it .
using unusual words can have a positive effect:
"What was that outlandish noise?"
"I expect this to be executed with the utmost swiftness!"
"Superabundant agitation this morning, Sir."
This makes saying goodby easier:
see you later alligator
in a while crocodile
see you soon big baboon
bye-bye fire fly
For the little one who did not like taking his bath
Scrub-a-dub-dub
the boy in the tub
This was very effective for getting littles to shut the door! I would recite various stanzas from the poem Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore by William Brighty Rands.
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
We really do wish you would shut the door
His father would beg, his mother implore
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore!
also when eating celery (Celery, by Ogden Nash)
Celery, raw
Develops the jaw,
But celery stewed,
is more quietly chewed.
Peace,Jody
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Here's our "hurry-up" phrase, taken from old Westerns, "Head 'em up, move 'em out!" and, when I'm looking for some "lost" item that my teenage daughters "borrowed", I will break into a chorus of "Oh, where is my hairbrush?" a la Veggie Tales. One more here with the little boys, "If you want to run, run in the sun!" (although we often do allow running in the house, especially in the winter). This was my mother's gem, "Mabel, Mabel, well and able, take your elbows off the table." If that failed, we'd get a karate chop to the elbow. Poetry doesn't always work !
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Our household rules:
Respect people, respect property and obey your mom and dad.
And, not a specific phrase but something I have found ridiculously helpful in gaining cooperation from the 2-3yo set is to make it talk (I got the idea from an Elizabeth Pantley book).
For example, I say in a silly voice, "Oh Jane . . . these are your molars talking. Please, PLEASE brush us! We're all grungy and some nice toothpaste would be sooooo lovely right now."
Or, "Heh, heh, heh . . . we're the bacteria on your teeth and we're having a party in here because you haven't brushed us off."
I thought this was the silliest idea when I read it, I continue to be amazed how consistently it works.
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"We'll have fun, when the work is done."
Not a rhyme, but a phrase that appealed to my boys' military interests; especially when accompanied by a salute;
"Yes ma'am, right away ma'am, Mama Commander, Sir!
If they needed help remembering respectful obedience, I would say the phrase in a friendly, even playful manner, then they would snap to 'Attention' and repeat it! We seldom use it now that they're older, but once in awhile, if I see attitudes slipping, I use the phrase as a gentle reminder.
One phrase was made up, when a particular son was having trouble with obedience...one day he cried, "I just don't know how to obey"...I COWOMO God was born...
"I can obey, I will obey, I must obey God.", sung twice in succession, then changed to "I COWOMO God, I COWOMO God", also repeated twice and sung to the same made-up tune as the earlier verse. COWOMO is an acronym of Can Obey Will Obey Must Obey. The discussion that inspired its use revolved around the fact that all obedience comes from our love for God, and that the reason we obey parents is that, through them, we are also obeying God, who loves us.
Our boys borrowed "AandBtheCofD" from Redwall; "Above and beyond the call of duty"...a favorite refrain for excellence in performance of duties in our house.
They also adapted, ASAP...which in our household of very logical boys has been altered to, "As soon as scientifically possible". Every time I say, "Do thus and so...ASAP", they call out, often in unison, "yes ma'am, as soon as scientifically possible"!
Personally, I want to go live in Jodie's house! Those are some really clever and fun sayings, Jodie! (Oops! Sorry I spelled your name wrong earlier)
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Servant, when my kids have seen a military type movie or story or such.. I often get a salute and "yes mom" in place of "yes ma'am".
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When we're leaving anywhere and it's time to get in the carseats my dh yells, "Lock and load. Fire in the hole, fire in the hole!". Now mind you, we are a military family but my dh is a Pharmacist and only handles guns when he has to pass his firearms test once each year!
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Oh, Lisa's ...ism reminded me of one we have  when we're late for Church. My husband's an Army guy so this comes from Army days...
My husband yells out..."It's a LALO jump, GET UP, HOOK UP, AND SHUFFLE TO THE DOOR!" Everyone knows we have to move! LALO is a military acronym standing for: Low Altitude Low Open - referring to the opening and release of the parachute. Seat belts start flying off, people grab missals (not to be confused with missiles ), and the door flings open as soon as we stop the van. We do the Mack shuffle in!
Surely you all do the No eaty, No treaty thing?
This is a very fun thread!!!!
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When we loose something around here (this happens a lot)  we say this little prayer:
"St. Anthony, St. Anthony come around
something's lost and can't be found."
It works for us! 
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Here are a few favorites here:
"Say okay and obey."--a reminder when a child responds to direction with discussion
"Missionary hearts go the extra mile."--This is a left over from our missionary training, but is still effective in getting the kids to think beyond the minimum.
"Kids who are a joy to be around eat anything, sit anywhere, welcome everyone and obey immediately."--Again, we practiced this refrain when we were missionaries and would often find ourselves in strange places, but it is still a rather effective reminder before we get out of the car for an outing.
When I am rounding up my boys to leave somewhere, the phrase is "Mitchell Men, on the Move!"
And when I round them up for chore assignments and am done giving out jobs, we sing "Onward Christian Soldiers" as we all head off to our respective tasks.
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Mackfam wrote:
Oh, Lisa's ...ism reminded me of one we have when we're late for Church. My husband's an Army guy so this comes from Army days...
My husband yells out..."It's a LALO jump, GET UP, HOOK UP, AND SHUFFLE TO THE DOOR!" Everyone knows we have to move! LALO is a military acronym standing for: Low Altitude Low Open - referring to the opening and release of the parachute. Seat belts start flying off, people grab missals (not to be confused with missiles ), and the door flings open as soon as we stop the van. We do the Mack shuffle in!
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Ok, my former Marine has me laughing hard at this one. Now he is debating which would be better for us and our super van... a HALO jump or a LALO jump...LOL
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For those who would rather kick something aside than put it away "Don't kick it, pick it (up)!"
For those who want to go through the whole dish of food before deciding which one they want "You touch it, you take it."
For those who are arguing about a game there's "If you can't play together, you can't play together!" meaning stop fighting or seperate.
This IS fun!
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Jennifer, Donna.. i was reading a political thriller type book and thanks to you I knew what a HALO jump was before it was explained
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You can tell I have boys; the first one that came to mind for me was "if you sprinkle when you tinkle, be neat and wipe the seat."
LOL!
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Didnt make this up, but heard of it:
You hit, you sit!
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LOL soooooooo many times!!! Will be writing these down ASAP so I can use them till I know 'em by
Thanks for the great thread Suzanne! And for all the posts that followed
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