Why I Said "NO!"

• Because if you eat that you’ll get sick and die.
• Because it’s not safe.
• Because it cost money.
• Because it’s past your bedtime.
• Because it’s too early.
• Because that’s questionable.
• Because your Mother already said “No.”
• Because I already said “No.”
• Because you’ll never play with it.
• Because you’ve had enough.
• Because that’s weird.
• Because it doesn’t match.
• Because that doesn’t belong to us.
• Because you’ll break it, again.
• Because you’ll poke your eye out.
• Because you’ll poke somebody’s eye out.

And when all else fails…

• Because I said so!