The Mean Mother.....

So in my earlier post, I mentioned a poem called The Mean Mother. I love this poem and honestly believe in it!

The Mean Mother...
A mean mother never allows candy or sweets to take the place of a well-balanced meal.
A mean mother insists on knowing where her children are at all times, who their friends are and what they are doing.
A mean mother actually has the nerve to break the child labor law by making her children work ~ washing dishes, making beds, learning to cook ~ all sorts of cruel and unpleasant chores.
a mean mother makes life miserable for her offspring by insiting they always tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
While her children's friends are dating at the "mature" age of 14, the mean mother makes her children wait until age 16...
A mean mother produces teenagers who are wiser and stand a little straighter and taller....and she is secretly tickled to piecs when her children call her mean~
What the world needs now are more "mean" mothers and fathers.
~L. Voskuil Dutter