I have to take a moment to recognizeacknowledge my mother for this. As a child, I didn’t realize the lessons she was teaching me and the love behind her methods, i; I always SELFISHLY looked at this asthinking she didn’t love me or she was mad at me or something of that nature, but in retrospect I now understand that she was teaching me. I appreciate each and every lesson she taught me through this type of parenting! Being the only boy and, I felt she expected way too much of me; I was only 4 when we lost my father, and without him I had to learn to do so many different things that children today don’t experience and would down right refuse to do. keepKeep in mind that was not an option in hermy mother's house “- "I can’t “" was not an acceptable answer to her, that’s when her methods were applied the most strictly, and those were the times we would learn together. itIt wasn’t easy, to say the least, and by the time “we” learned these tasks there had been anger and most of the times tears from us both, but I wouldn’t trade itthat for anything because without her raising me this way I would not be the person I am today. I love you mama.