Tricks that parents used to teach us some lessons

Gentlemen's agreement

Kids don't usually like to be told what to do especially if the instruction is 'because i said so.' I bet that's the reason parents used to tricks on us and some point even 'bribing' us to get us do what they wanted.

For example, sometimes when mom called us we used to pretend dead asleep and she would say, when someone is sleeping they must alter a sound 'pwee!' Seconds later me and my siblings would start altering same sound and that's how we got busted. 

There was this teenager who had just passed his driving test and was utterly ecstatic. The youngster approached his father and asked when they might have a conversation about him using the family automobile, just as his father had anticipated.

His father promised to strike a deal with his son: "You need to study the Bible, get a haircut, and raise your grades from a C to a B." After that, we'll discuss the vehicle. After giving it some thinking, the boy decided he would accept the offer, and they reached an understanding.

About six weeks later, his father addressed him, saying, "Son, you've improved your grades and I've seen that you've been studying the Bible but I’m disappointed you haven’t cut your hair yet." 

"I've been thinking about that, Dad, and I've seen in my Bible studies that Samson had long hair, John the Baptist had long hair, Moses had long hair, and there's even solid evidence that Jesus had long hair!" I'm not sure which translation of the Bible the Boy was reading, but let's stick to the men's agreement. 

The father asked his kid as he bent down and nodded sagely. "Did you also notice they walked everywhere?"

Moral:  "There was no barbers in the Bible" 

Anyway, what tricks did you parents use on you?