Mean Mom's
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, 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 17.
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.
We never got drunk, took up smoking, stayed out all night, or a million
other things other kids did.
Sundays were reserved for church, and we never missed once. We knew better than
to ask to spend the night with a friend on Saturdays.
Now that we have left home, we are all God-fearing, 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 mom's anymore.
Addendum -- Proverbs 22:6 (GNB) "Teach children how they should
live, and they will remember it all their life."
[ Author Unknown -- from Dwayne ]
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