MEAN MOTHERS
"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.
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."