are you a mean mom? IF SO HERE IS SOMETHING FOR YOU?

Question

Someday when my children are old
enough to understand the logic that
motivates a parent, I will tell them:


I loved you enough... to ask
where you were going, with whom, and
what time you would be home.

I loved you enough... to insist
that you save your money and buy a
bike for yourself even though we could
afford to buy one for you.

I loved you enough... to be
silent and let you discover that your
new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough... to make
you go pay for the bubble gum you had
taken and tell the clerk, "I stole this
yesterday and want to pay for it."

I loved you enough... to stand
over you for two hours while you
cleaned your room, a job that should have
taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough... to let you
see anger, disappointment and tears
in my eyes. Children must learn that
their parents aren't perfect.

I loved you enough... to let you
assume the responsibility for your
actions even when the penalties were so
harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you
enough... to say NO when I knew you
would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult
battles of all. I'm glad I won them, because in
the end you won, too.

And someday when your children
are old enough to understand the logic
that motivates parents, you will tell
them.............

My Mom was mean. We had the meanest mother in
the whole world! While other kids ate
candy for breakfast, we had to have
cereal, eggs, and toast. When others had
a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we
had to eat sandwiches. And you can
guess our mother fixed us a dinner that
was different from what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing
where we were at all times. You'd think
we were convicts in a prison. She
had to know who our friends were, and
what we were doing with them. She
insisted that if we said we would be gone
for an hour, we would be gone for an
hour or less. We were ashamed to admit
it, but she had the nerve to break the
Child Labor Laws by making us work. We
had to wash the dishes, make the beds,
learn to cook, vacuum the floor,
do laundry, empty the trash and all
sorts of cruel jobs. I think she would
lie awake at night thinking of more
things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling
the truth the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth. By the time we were
teenagers, she could read our minds.

Then, life was really tough! Mother
wouldn't let our friends just honk the
horn when they drove up. They had to
come up to the door so she could meet them.

While everyone else could date
when they were 12 or 13, we had to
wait until we were 16.

Now that we have left home, we
are all educated, honest adults. We
are doing our best to be mean parents just
like Mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with
the world today. It just doesn't
have enough mean moms

Answer 1

How do you know me so well? Have we met? LOL I had my teenage daughter read this a few minutes ago. She laughed and said that it's funny because it's true. You could have been doing an episode of "This Is Your Life" for her and she wouldn't have known the difference. True love for your kids will make you do some crazy and (in their eyes) mean things. Hopefully when they become parents they will understand why! Then they can show this poem to their kids too!!!

Answer 2

That is awsome. I don't know where you found that, but it is the truth. Thank God for mean moms!!!!!!!!!! I had a mean mom and now I am the mean mom. One day I can only hope that my daughter will grow up to be a mean mom too. This way I will know that I have finished the most important job I have ever had!

Answer 3

I have always loved that poem. My kids say I'm a cool mom so I cant say I'm mean but I am so guilty of all these things...lol...I think its sad that kids don't realize all this until they are grown

Answer 4

that is so true, i have a 4 yr old daughter and thats how i'm kinda already with her in a sense...

Answer 5

It's not being a mean mom...but rather a responsible mom.

Answer 6

that crap is way to long..and i am a cool mom whoms boys can talk to me about anything. and i will listen dont get it twisted tho i am the adult but no matta what it is..my boys can come to me and we will figure things out.

Answer 7

no one is gonna read the along a** question I DIDNT im not a mom but i do have a mean one

Answer 8

I read it. I've seen it before, too. It's cute.