How many of these top 50 WORDS OF WISDOM have you said to your kids?

Always try your best

If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all

Get an education – no-one can take that away from you

Never spend money you don’t have

If you don’t ask, you don’t get

Eat with your mouth closed

Put money aside for a rainy day

Never take sweets from strangers

Do your best – nothing else matters

Keep your elbows off the table

Never swim on a full stomach

Treat people with respect

There’s no such word as can’t

You never get something for nothing

Don’t put shoes in the table

SMILE

Practice makes perfect

Look after your pennies and the pounds will look after themselves

Courtesy and compassion cost nothing

Treat others how you wish to be treated yourself

You only get out of life what you put into it

‘I want’ never gets

Mind your p’s and q’s

Manners maketh the man

Always wear clean underwear

Don’t stare at people, it’s rude

Watching too much TV will make your eyes go square

Be true to yourself

Always hold the door open

Never leave the house with wet hair

Never drink on an empty stomach

Never go to bed on an argument

Look up things you don’t know the answer to

Never go under a ladder

Never give up

Receive compliments gracefully

Don’t wear your coat indoors

Mum knows best

The grass is never greener

Always eat your breakfast

Life’s too short to be unhappy

Always have 2 month’s rent/mortgage saved

Don’t eat cheese before bedtime

Give compliments easily

Use a hand cream

Don’t eat in the street

Never offer a stranger a lift

Don’t smoke in the street

Never let your petrol tank go lower than a quarter full

Men are very different creatures to women