Mommy Words.

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I have a few mental issues in life...and most people who know me personally would say things like .."DUH!" or "Do Tell."  

One of these mental issues I have is mostly directed at Mothers of young kids, who when faced with a child who is doing something bad, will say,  "Don't do that, okay?" 

"Stop hitting your little sister in the face, okay?"

Talk about mixed messages.

In the school where my wife teaches, the kids mostly come from Mexican immigrant backgrounds and as such have mothers who never end their demands with the word "OKAY?" When an Anglo woman teacher says, "Jose, don't throw any more spit wads, okay?"  Jose would probably think the teacher is asking his opinion and and think it is okay to shoot little Maria with a wet and juicy spit wad.