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Are you a mean mom?....I am?
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 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 t
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 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!
18 Answers
- ♥bigmamma♥Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I am a lot less strict than most. Although I do insist on knowing where there are going, who w/ & time to be home, but I am less strict on the chores and eating rules.....I guess you could say I give in sometimes.
Source(s): Just an honest answer... - 1 decade ago
You may call it a mean mom I call it a Good mom. There is not enough mean/good moms any more. I am raising 2 boys; and I am scared. Every one says we are in the year 2007 now. What does that mean that we no longer raise children right. I had a mean/Good mom and at the time I though she was horrible. Now I want to be just like her. In 2007 we should be smarter and raising our children smarter.
- KylieLv 51 decade ago
I love this philosophy, and its exactly how i intend to raise my kids. I came from a broken home where my mum and dad had completely different boundaries - and you're right that is what is wrong with the world.
This is why since before my kids were born i had come to the conclusion that being a "mean" mum is what is best
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I'm not a mom yet, but I am thankful every day that my mom loved me enough to be 'mean' when I was little! It's kept me out of a lot of trouble in my life, and when I eventually do have kids of my own, I hope to raise them with the loving but firm guidance my mom gave me!
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
I come from a Mean Mom and a Mean Dad. I am part of a pair of Mean Parents.
I hope to have a long line of Mean Parents, I hope i raise my daughter well so she is a mean mommy and hope she hates me for it until she understands it, one day i hope to see the baby i am pregnant with now will be a mean parent and so on. I am proud to say as a child of a set of mean parents that i respect all mean parents and all their "NOT FAIR" rulings.
i hope they are not a dying breed as it seems they may be.
Source(s): Proudly a product of a home that i didnt get away with murder and that i was told no and heard well life isnt fair all the time. may all of you who are or who want to be "mean Parents" know that your children will love you all that much more for it down the road when they need it most they will have that information. instead of being blind. - 1 decade ago
ha ha ha ha, that one comment was hilarious, long winded mom lol but yes I am a mean mom. I belive in discipline, if not them you have those kids that throw tantrums and talk back, don't listen and then when they are teenagers they don't respect you, walk all over you and cuss you out....No thanks....I would rather whip them into shape now and have my children grow up to be respectable adults :)
- 1 decade ago
My kids say i am mean when they are bad and we ground them from video games, and certain favorite toys. I am stricter than their dad and i expect more responsiblity out of them then they do but it makes it all worth wild when u get the arms around your neck that says i love u mom and thanks for taking good care of me. u see my boys came from abusive and drug addictive mom and they are my foster children and we face new challenges with them almost every day but we make it together as a family ...
- 1 decade ago
Bravo! I was raised by a mean mom and she is now my best friend!! I too am a mean mom, my son sat in his room today for calling me mean-I told him to clean it up while he was in there or I'd bring in a garbage can and clean it for him. Guess what? His room is clean!!
- shrebeeLv 71 decade ago
iv got a poem in my email thats like this and it all true.i have a great relationship with my 4 kids,im a single mum,but they have been grounded,they missed concerts,they didnt have namebrand clothes.i love them soooo big.its ok to be mean.they will have good morals..
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I am definitely a mean mom. Since I homeschool, I guess I am even a mean teacher, <BIG GRIN>!
