"You shouldn’t take up art as a hobby. Only kids who don’t care about academics waste their time on that."

"You shouldn’t wear those lame sneakers. Everyone who wears them is just trying too hard to look cool, but they’re actually boring."

"You have to try this energy drink! Everyone is drinking it before practice, so it must work!"

"You shouldn’t worry about how much homework you have—shouldn’t you be grateful you even get an education?"

"You can’t borrow the car because I said no. And since I said no, you’re not borrowing the car."

"If we let students use calculators in class, soon they won’t bother to learn math at all."

"You only want to take a gap year because you're lazy and don’t want to put in the effort for college."

"You can’t go to that concert—concerts are just full of loud, obnoxious people who don’t know how to behave."

"You shouldn’t buy that brand of phone—no one who’s serious about technology would be caught dead with it."

"Why are you even asking for a later curfew? Shouldn’t you be focused on improving your grades instead?"

"You can’t miss school today because skipping school is against the rules, and we have to follow the rules."

"Everyone at school is getting this new backpack, so you should too!"

"We’re not getting a dog. Dogs are nothing but noisy, messy creatures that make everything harder."

"You don’t need to worry about whether or not the rule is fair. It’s the rule, so we have to follow it."

"You can’t quit the soccer team—everyone else is sticking with it!"

"You shouldn’t argue about the school dress code. The rule is the rule.”

"You don’t need to get a new phone. Shouldn’t you be saving your money for something important?"

"You just want to skip studying because you’re lazy and don’t care about your future."

"If we let you skip one practice, then the whole team will stop taking it seriously."