"No, you may not eat a shriveled up green bean off the floor" and other parenting phrases.

--"No, you can't be a twin when you grow up."

--"No, I'm not going to remind you how to get ready for bed. It has been the same routine for the last five years and there are only three steps."

--"The bank is actually in the money business, not the lollipop business."

--"Your sister is not a toy."

--"Please take the (insert noun here) out of your sister's (insert facial body part here)."

--"Because I said so."




--"You are one of the best gifts I've ever been given."

--"Mom and Dad love you very much."

--"God loves you very much."

--"Jesus died for you."

--"Yes, Heaven is real."