There's Right, There's Wrong and There's 'Mom's Gonna Be Mad'

From a relaxing bubble bath the other night I heard, 'stop jumping on the couch before Mom sees and gets mad!'

Now. Let's review a few examples of how this could have been responded to, shall we?

• 'Stop jumping on the couch before someone gets hurt!'


• 'Stop jumping on the couch before something gets broken.'


• 'Stop jumping on the couch because you're not allowed to be jumping on the couch.'

Why 'Mom gets mad'? Why?