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   Someday when my children are old enough to  understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will   tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you  enough . . . to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home.
     I loved you enough to be silent and let you    discover that your new best friend was a creep.      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.
     Was your Mom mean?  I know mine was. 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 Mac  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.
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 and had  eyes in the back of her head. 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.       Because of our mother we missed out on lots of   things other kids experienced. None of us have ever   been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's     property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.
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 !
 

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Mam means

  • 2.   Someday when my children are old enough to  understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will   tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you enough . . . to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home.
  • 3.     I loved you enough to be silent and let you    discover that your new best friend was a creep.     I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.
  • 4.     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.
  • 5.     But most of all, I loved you enough . . . to say     NO when I knew you would hate me for it.
  • 6. 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.
  • 7.     Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. 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 Mac 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.
  • 8. 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 and had  eyes in the back of her head. Then, life was really tough
  • 9.     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.     Because of our mother we missed out on lots of   things other kids experienced. None of us have ever   been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's    property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.
  • 10. 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.    
  • 11. I think that is what's wrong with the world today.   It just doesn't have enough mean moms !
  • 12.