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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On the common theme of video games...My parents didn't like the idea of video games (or at least thought I was too young, not sure). When I was about 7 or 8, I think, my grandparents bought me a Gameboy - I'm not sure how much whining it took to get it, probably not much as they always believed in spoiling their grandkids rotten. Well, me anyway. My parents were not impressed... until they got their hands on it and tried Tetris, at which point they needed some reminding that the Gameboy was, in fact, mine.
Apart from that, they were always very liberal. Probably helped that I was the swot/geek type, never went out as a teenager, didn't drink until I was 18... only other thing I can think of (also videogame-related, duh) is a few years after the above event, when I had a Nintendo 64 - they didn't mind me playing Mario (or whatever), but my dad did flip a bit when he saw me playing the classic N64 Goldeneye game.
Oh, and various attempts to limit my TV/computer/internet usage. Doomed to failure from the start; besides, I think they spend just as much time on the web these days.
I'm still an unrepentant Nintendo fanboy, too.
(, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 19:11, Reply)
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