I ALWAYS got the last two words in with my folks. “Yes (no) sir or Yes(no) ma’am”. The only variants were who I was answering and whether the answer was affirmative or negative.@skeets - Exactly. I see the way some kids talk to their parents and still cringe. It never even occurred to me to back-talk my parents. Of course, I was raised in the 50's and 60's before the Nanny State became a thing.
Lord only knows how my brother and I didn't kill each other with our three wheeler
The third girl didn't have a name?
I can relate to that lately...While getting Sweet Pea breakfast before taking off for preschool, she wanted to look in the fridge to see if something appealed to her. The door was a little hard for her to open, so she gave a mighty two-handed tug on the handle and the exertion made her fart rather loudly.
She took a step back and dropped her pants and peered into them. I asked "What are you looking for Sweet Pea?". She responded "Just checking".