THINGS NIGERIAN PARENTS SAY OR DO THAT ARE REFER TO AS, 'LEGENDARY LIES'.

           Every generation of Nigerian children will come and experience almost the same pattern of upbringing as long as their parents are Nigerians and were themselves raised by Nigerians.
          There are things most Nigerian parents say/do just to get their kids to comply even without threatening to spank.
         Okay, take for example, a Nigerian mother doesn’t have to express her displeasure with your action with words, all she may need to do is, look at you in a strange manner and you would instantly understood that there is fire on the mountain.
                

1.      ‘Simply say the truth and if you tell me, I won’t beat you’. Most Nigerian parents tell this smart lie a lot. Only about 1% of them would actually...
stand by their words. Even this 1% would go ahead and use your confessional statement as what? of course, as evidence against you.
               
2.  When a Nigerian parent wants to leave the house but does not want the child to follow him/her, the easiest way to discharge the child is “Go and wear your shoes, I’ll wait.” – Nigerian moms are especially guilty of this one.

                          
3.    At the beginning of the term, a Nigerian parent could be heard saying, “I’ll buy it for you if you come first in class.” when you ask for something new. The truth is, it is either just to motivate you or a plain dismissal tactics, because most times, they do not buy them even when you hold your end of the bargain.
 
4.   No Nigerian parent was a dullard or ever came last. The position almost all Nigerian parents held in their school days was first position – Nigerian parents will never miss the opportunity to regal their kids with tales of how the principal, maths, physics and chemistry teacher loved them because they were so sound academically.