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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Grange HillBecause the children on it were naughty and therefore a bad example.
My Mum also marched me back to the shop with a "NOW 20" compilation tape when I was 12 because it had songs with inappropriate lyrics. I bought it with my pocket money and put it in the car stereo on the way home. Unfortunately "Let's Talk About Sex" & "I Wanna Sex You Up" one after the other didn't amuse Mumsy and I was promptly driven back to WHSmiths to exchange it for an Eurythmics album that had nice non-sex parent friendly lyrics.
Also my Dad forbade chewing gum right into my teens because its "dirty".
Afterthought edit: Oh and fluorescent lycra cycling shorts circa 1988 were banned too, but in hindsight I thank my parents for that.
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