text: why are moms so hard on you when you barily did any thing and you have had a bad day?   my dad used to be the same way. i finally got really mad at him one day and asked him. he said "because i want you to be the best you can be."   it didn't make me like his nagging and yelling any better, but at least i understood why he did it, and i was better able to ignore it.    truthfully, i secretly tried harder after that, knowing he wanted me to do my best.