Mean mom manifesto #1: it's not about you : it's about them
Mean mom manifesto #2: hang on to yourself : you may need that person later
Mean mom manifesto #3: start as you mean to go on
Mean mom manifesto #4: don't follow the parenting pack
Mean mom manifesto #5: take (or take back) control
Mean mom manifesto #6: say no, smile : don't apologize, repeat as necessary
Mean mom manifesto #7: teach life skills : if not you, who?
Mean mom manifesto #8: slow it down : slow it way down
Mean mom manifesto #9: fail your child, a little bit, every day
Mean mom manifesto #10: prepare them for the world (not the world for them).