Call me the bad guy if you want

 Call me the bad guy if you want.

I’ve learned to stop defending myself to people who will never understand.
Because everything I do, every boundary I set, every “no” I say, every hard choice I make, it’s for my kids.
I’m not here to be liked, I’m here to raise them right.
To protect their peace, even when it costs me mine.
And one day, when they’re grown, they’ll see every hard decision was made out of love.
They’ll understand why I did it this way.