Strict ParentsI always thought my parents were quite strict, but I can't think of anything they actually banned me from doing, whereas a good friend was under no circumstances allowed to watch ITV because of the adverts.
This week's Time Out mentions some poor sod who was banned from sitting in the aisle seats at cinemas because, according to their mother, "drug dealers patrol the aisles, injecting people in the arm."
What were you banned from doing as a kid by loopy parents?
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chthonic, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 12:37)
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My parents were pretty laid back.Never grounded, never sent to my room without dinner, never smacked (well, once, but it was very half-hearted and just made me laugh). But I was banned from something. Just the once.
I was banned from doing homework for my Science teacher, Mrs Murphy. You see, she had seen fit to give me detention for not doing the set homework the previous week.
There was a flaw in Mrs Murphy's argument, however, as I had produced the work in question, and she had marked it. When I pointed this out to her, and that she was actually holding my completed work in her hand at the time, I was backed up by half the class (which surprised me as I wasn't a popular kid). So Mrs Murphy gave me a detention. No big deal. I just sat there and wasted the time staring into space.
Naturally the parental units got involved and complained, asking for an apology which she never gave. So the next best course of action? Why, they banned me from doing any more homework for her! Hurrah!
I fear I may have never given my parents the respect they deserve.
(, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 17:23, Reply)
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