Reading this made me realize that I would fit right in the catagory of 'MEAN MOM'S' and you know what? I'm proud to say that I am a mean mom! lol
Mean Moms
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 bet 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 got 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 that 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 a lot 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 our mom was.
I think that's what's wrong with the world today: there are not enough mean moms!
Looks like I had a mean mom and I'm glad. Now I can manage on my own and I'm a pretty good cook, just like she is. But sometimes is just tastes better when she makes it (like at holidays), it must be the extra love she pours into it.
I have to say my parents weren't that strict, but we knew better than to push our luck. It was the mere threat of some kind of punishment. It worked, too. Also, my parents set a good example. Monkey see, monkey do. Look how good we turned out.
I'm sure I thought my mom was "mean" at times but, looking back, I can see I never gave her enough credit for the tough job she took upon herself by raising us kids! We were little devils growing up!
Problem is, if parents these days decide to take a real interest in their kids upbringing by way of laying down the law, kids today know they can whine to a school counselor or the police and the authorities will often interfere.
It wasn't like that when I was a kid. If your parents didn't keep you in line, a neighbor or your priest, etc would! I grew up when they could still paddle kids at school!
Dont forget all the "Mean Teachers" we had too,,,,,, and the Mean Coaches,,,,,, all those who actually made us LEARN, held us back when we didn't make the grade, made us run the laps when we messed up,, didn't let us on the team if we flunked try-outs.
The ones who made us try harder until we got it,, whether it be how to do long division, how to spell Mississippi,, how to do that lay up in basketball, how to be a good team player and a good sport.
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