Hands up...

[wahwahwah]

How many parents have been mortified in a crowded shop with their little darling acting up, then when you go to grab them they yell very very loudly (much louder than you would ever expect a small child to be able)...

MUMMY GRABBED MY ARM!!!!... TWISTED IT... OWY OWY OWY... IT HURTS!!!!!!

Thwn the whole shop turns around and glares at you. Even though you never actually physically grabbed the child?

All of them?

Inside every small child lurks a dramatic actor.

Mine usually says: "No not you, I want daddy" or something if I pick her up to comfort her, so it looks like she hates me cos I am so very very evil.

I knew a kid at a playgroup who came up with 'No Daddy, don't beat me!'. Aparently this was a complete and utter fabrication and yelled very loudly in a supermarket.

Or there's always 'no Mummy, nooooooo Mummy, pleeeeeeeeeeease nooooooooooooo Mummy' when he doesn't want his hair washed (and I am just reaching for the shampoo). The neighbours must think I am trying to shove him down the plughole.

My ds1 used to shout "You're not my mummy !!" as I dragged him screaming from Tescos. Stupidly, I had told him what to shout if a nasty person tried to take him away