Tag Archives: parenting

09/26/2009 · 7:28 am

Rule #176

Rule #176:

Part 1: Don’t stick the straw up the cat’s nose.
Part 2: Don’t drink from the straw you tried to stick up the cat’s nose.

Thanks, MaryAnn! How’s your cat?

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Tagged as cat, mean, meanest mommy, mom, nose, ouch, parenting, rules, straw, yucky

09/24/2009 · 7:16 am

Rule #174

Rule #174: I don’t care how clean the floor appears; you still should
not lick it.

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Tagged as floor, lick, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules, yucky

09/23/2009 · 7:02 am

Rule #173

Rule #173: No, you may not feed the 4 month old baby chocolate. Or crackers. Or pizza. Or any other food that I have not listed.

Thanks, Jennifer F.!

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Tagged as baby, chocolate, choking hazard, crackers, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, pizza, rules, solids

09/22/2009 · 9:10 am

Rule #172

Rule #172: No, you may not go over to your best friend’s house to go swimming in his flooded basement!

Thanks, Stacie K. And my sympathies to those in Atlanta with flooded homes or no electricity. I hope things return to normal soon.

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Tagged as Atlanta, basement, flood, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules, yucky

09/21/2009 · 7:56 am

Rule #171

Rule #171: When Mom says your time is up on the internet, that doesn’t mean that you have time to update your Facebook status and to send out 5 more instant messages before you actually start shutting down the computer.

Thanks, Jessica T.!

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Tagged as Facebook, IM, internet, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules, teenager

09/20/2009 · 8:26 am

Rule #170

Rule #170: Please do not do cannon balls into the bathtub, especially when your baby brother is already in there.

Thanks to Erin A. who mentioned that she has had to use this rule more than once.

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Tagged as bath, cannon ball, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules, splash

09/19/2009 · 8:19 am

Rule #169

Rule #169: Please don’t ask me to wipe you after you’ve pooped and then scream because that requires me to touch you.

Thanks, Kelly S.!

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Tagged as mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, poop, preschooler, rules, touching, wipe

09/18/2009 · 8:20 am

Rule #168

Rule #168: No, you may NOT ride the bike if you pull your brother off of it and declare him a bad rider.

Thanks, Jessica BB!

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Tagged as bike, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules, uncool

09/17/2009 · 7:52 am

Rule #167

Rule #167: No, you may not dance an Irish jig on the narrow sidewalk that is flanked with oncoming traffic.

Thanks, Christie CC!

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Tagged as dance, danger, jig, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules, traffic

09/16/2009 · 7:01 am

Rule #166

Rule #166: When Mommy reminded you to bring your leftover cold lunch home from school, she meant the uneaten food and the lunch box. She did not mean that half full juice box which is now all over your backpack, your take-home folder, your library book, and the van.

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Tagged as cold lunch, juice, juice box, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules, school age, sticky