[2banana]

I once heard a guy trying to coax his son off the roof of a Honda Odyssey, explaining why it wasn't safe to ride up there. "If Daddy had to stop short, you could fall off and get hurt, Brandon, and that would make Mommy and me sad."

In a previous generation the Dad would have said "Son, you better come down off that roof because you might get hurt - and I am not talking about falling off the car (as Dad rolls up his sleeves)"

[petercooper]

I would have heard my Mom or Dad recite my full name slowly and sternly, and that would be it.

[HiJinx]

"Son, you better come down off that roof because you might get hurt - and I am not talking about falling off the car (as Dad rolls up his sleeves)"

Yup. In my world, that was Dad introducing junior to reality! In fact, I experienced that reality when I jumped out of the jeep before Dad was finished parking it. The cuffing along the backside of my head helped me to do a wonderful one and a half forward gainer across the driveway!!

You can bet your bottom dollar I never again jumped from a moving vehicle (that my Dad was driving!).

[HamiltonJay]

Haha.. well my kid gets the same reason I was given as a child...

BECAUSE I SAID SO AND I'M YOUR FATHER.