From the Book - 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
"If you break your leg, don't come running to me!" : (spring and summer)
"Put on a sweater, I'm cold!" : (autumn and winter)
"Don't make me get the other thermometer!" : (sickness unto barf)
"Don't pick at that!" : (bumps and bruises)
"Look both ways before you cross the street!" : (grievous bodily harm)
"You don't know where that's been!" : (things not to put in your mouth)
"You'll eat it and you'll like it!" : (mealtime misinformation)
"Finish your milk!" : (and other drinking problems)
"I told you to go before we left the house" : (bathroom badgering)
"Your face will freeze like that!" : (looks and grooming)
"It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye!" : (vision and supervision)
"Don't let the bedbugs bite!" : (the science of sleep)
"This room is a pigsty!" : (kids and other animals)
"Quit eating the paste!" : (school days)
"Kids these days!" : (technology and modern life)
"Well, life isn't fair!" : (the motivational mom)
"What if your friends all jumped off a cliff?" : (the awkward age).
