\"You don't love me!\"

How many times have your kids laid that one on you?

And how many timeshave you， as a parent， resisted the urge to tell them how much?

Someday，when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother， I'll tell them.

I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going， with whom， and what time you would get home.

I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike with your own money that we could afford and you couldn't.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your hand-picked friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to make you return a Milky Way with a bite out of it to a drugstore and confess， \"I stole this.\"

I loved you enough to stand over you fortwo hours while you cleaned your bedroom， a jobthat would have taken me fifteen minutes.

I loved you enough to say， \"Yes，you can go to Disney World on Mohter's Day.\"

I loved you enough to let you see anger，disappointment， .disgust and tears in my eyes.

I loved you enough not to make excuses for your lack of respect or your bad manners.

I loved you enough to admit that I was wrong and ask your forgiveness.

I loved you enough to ignore \"what every other mother did or said.\"

I loved you enough to let you stumble， fall，hurt and fail.

I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your own actions ，at six， ten， or sixteen.

I loved you enough to figure you would lie about the party being chaperoned， but forgave you for it... after discovering I was right.

I loved you enough to shove you off my lap，let go of your hand， be mute to your pleas...so that you had to stand alone.

I loved you enough to accept you for what you are， not what I wanted you to be.

But most of all， I loved you enough to say no when you hated me for it. That was the hardest part of all.

“你不愛我!”

有多少次你的孩子把這句話強加于你?作為家長，你又有多少次按捺著內心的沖動不向他們解釋你的愛有多深?

終有一天，當我的孩子長大，能夠理解母親的各種良苦用心時，我會告訴他們的。

我愛你至深才打探你要去哪兒，跟誰去，什么時候回家。

我愛你至深才堅持一定要你自己掙錢買自行車，雖然我們買得起，而你買不起。

我愛你至深才保持沉默，讓你自己去發(fā)現(xiàn)你精挑細選的朋友其實是個令人討厭的家伙。

我愛你至深才逼著你把咬了一口的巧克力還給雜貨店，同時承認：“是我偷的?！?/p>

我愛你至深才花兩個小時督促你打掃自己的臥室，雖然這活兒我干起來15分鐘就足夠了。

我愛你至深才對你說：“好的，你可以在母親節(jié)去迪斯尼樂園?！?/p>

我愛你至深才讓你看到我眼中的氣惱、失望、和厭惡的淚水。

我愛你至深才不為你的失禮或其他不良行為做辯解。

我愛你至深才會承認自己錯了并請你原諒。

我愛你至深才不介意你說：“瞧瞧別人的媽媽怎么說，怎么做?！?/p>

我愛你至深才讓你蹣跚學步，品嘗跌倒、受傷和失敗的滋味。

我愛你至深才要你為自己的行為負責，不管你是6歲、10歲還是16歲。

我愛你至深才在猜出你總說聚會有大人在場是鬼話，并驗證了自己的判斷后，仍舊原諒了你。

我愛你至深才硬把你從我的腿上放下來，撥開你的手，對你的懇求置若罔聞。這樣你才能獨立。

我愛你至深才接受原原本本的你。而不是我所期望中的你。

然而最重要的是，我愛你至深才對你說“不”，盡管你會因此而記恨我。而這，也是最難的一個方面。