Mean Mom !

Read this in the paper the other day... liked it and could totally relate to it!

"Some day 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 you 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 me just 15 minutes.
I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment and tears in my eyes.
I loved you enough to let you assume 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" even 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."
thus the article went....
"Because of our Mean Moms, we missed out on lots of things other kids experienced. None of us have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalising other's property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.
Now, we are all educated, honest and responsible adults.
I think what is wrong with the world today is... it doesn't have enough Mean Moms"

Lovely... isn't it!