I am a Mean Mom. Just ask my kids, they will tell you stories of the horrors I put them through.
I actually make them take Swimming Lessons every session at the Y. Isn't that horrid of me? No matter how much they don't want to take them, and don't want to go, I take them (sometimes kicking and screaming... well at least at home until we get in the car) to these lessons so they can learn to swim and know water safety.
Not only that, I Make Them Clean Their Rooms! At least once a week. To top this off, I Make Them Change Their Bed Sheets! Imagine the torture of putting clean sheets on their own beds!
My kids are also Forced To Do Household Chores! Each boy takes turns either on various pieces of yard work, dishes, vacuuming, dusting or taking out the garbage. I have even been known to Make Them Clean Their Own Bathroom! Oh the horrors.
Now the kicker. The thing that makes me the Meanest Mom in the whole neighborhood. I Make Them Do School Work During The Summer!!! Can you imagine the indignity of this? The mental and physical anguish I put my children through? If they were asked, they would say that someone should alert the authorities on me!
Now, for anyone out there who want's to be a Mean Mom like me, most of the above items need no outside resources from your home. The school work may need some assistance. For some websites to help you be a Mean Mom, check out these:
The Teachers Parking Lot
D'Nealian & Zaner Bloser Penmanship Fonts
Grade Appropriate Spelling & Vocabulary
Grade Appropriate Math Worksheets
Discovery School
Q-Bee
Elementary Science
And some homework helpers:
Metric Conversion Tables
Go Math
Math Nerds
SOS Math
Dictionary.com
Ask Jeeves
Britannica Online
Encyclopedia.Com
Library of Congress State and Local Government Information
United States History from 34,000 BC to present
Online Language Translation(10 points to each person who knows where the title of this page comes from)
Writing Reports
Science WebQuests
Hugh Jackman(whoops, how did that slip in there?)