diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/text.dm b/code/__DEFINES/text.dm
index fedf6575a1b..c98baa5f4aa 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/text.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/text.dm
@@ -104,3 +104,5 @@
 #define NINJA_FILE "ninja.json"
 /// File loation for title splashes
 #define SPLASH_FILE "splashes.json"
+///File location for mother hallucination lines
+#define MOTHER_FILE "mother.json"
diff --git a/code/modules/hallucination/mother.dm b/code/modules/hallucination/mother.dm
index bc2b312cc0b..d9cd7f19831 100644
--- a/code/modules/hallucination/mother.dm
+++ b/code/modules/hallucination/mother.dm
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 	point_at(hallucinator)
 	talk("[capitalize(hallucinator.real_name)]!!!!") // Your mother won't be fooled by paltry disguises
 	var/list/scold_lines = list(
-		pick(list("CLEAN YOUR ROOM THIS INSTANT!", "IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP FOR SCHOOL!!")),
-		pick(list("YOU INSULT YOUR GRANDPARENTS!", "USELESS!")),
-		pick(list("I BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS WORLD, I CAN TAKE YOU OUT!!!", "YOU'RE GROUNDED!!")),
+		pick_list_replacements(MOTHER_FILE, "do_something"),
+		pick_list_replacements(MOTHER_FILE, "be_upset"),
+		pick_list_replacements(MOTHER_FILE, "get_reprimanded"),
 	)
 	var/delay = 2 SECONDS
 	for(var/line in scold_lines)
diff --git a/strings/mother.json b/strings/mother.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed122a86c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings/mother.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+	"do_something": [
+		"CLEAN YOUR ROOM THIS INSTANT!",
+		"DON'T SIT THAT CLOSE TO THE TV!",
+		"FOR GOD'S SAKE, GO TAKE A SHOWER!!",
+		"IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP FOR SCHOOL!!",
+		"PAUSE THAT ONLINE GAME! NOW!",
+		"PUT SOME CLOTHES ON! YOU'LL CATCH A COLD!",
+		"STOP ASKING FOR MONEY, I'M NOT AN ATM!",
+		"WATCH YOUR MOUTH, CHILD!!",
+		"WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER MY PHONE CALLS?!",
+		"YOU SHOULD @pick(verb) YOUR @pick(relative) ONCE IN A WHILE!"
+	],
+
+	"be_upset": [
+		"BECAUSE I SAID SO!",
+		"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY!",
+		"I'M NOT ASKING; I'M TELLING!!",
+		"I WASN'T BORN YESTERDAY!",
+		"MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES!",
+		"WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE A KID LIKE THIS...",
+		"USELESS!",
+		"YOU INSULT YOUR GRANDPARENTS!"
+	],
+
+	"get_reprimanded": [
+		"I BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS WORLD, I CAN TAKE YOU OUT!!!",
+		"I'M GOING TO THROW A FLIP-FLOP AT YOU!!",
+		"NO VIDEOGAMES FOR THE REST OF THE DAY!",
+		"WAIT UNTIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME!",
+		"YOU'LL THANK ME ONE DAY!",
+		"YOU'RE DISOWNED!!!",
+		"YOU'RE GROUNDED!!"
+	],
+
+	"verb": [
+		"CALL",
+		"HELP",
+		"VISIT"
+	],
+	
+	"relative": [
+		"AUNT AND UNCLE",
+		"DAD",
+		"GRANDPARENTS",
+		"MOM"
+	]
+
+}