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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the use of embarassment as a learning toolBecause I was an only child my parents were ridiculously over protective. They laid down very specific guidelines and the punishment for breaking the guidelines was to add more guidelines to the list.
So no smoking, no drinking, no swearing, no sex, where are you going, who are you going with, how are you travelling, what time will you be back, no thats too late, you must be back by this time, as long as you live in my house you follow my rules ad nauseum.
My parents were much smarter than this though. They would suggest a compromise i.e "you can go to this persons party, but only if you introduce me to them when i drop you off and i will be back at 10:00 to pick you up". I was 16. Rather than endure the embarassment of introducing some drunken teenager hosting a party to my parents and then enduring the embarassment of my dad picking me up just as the party started getting good, I'd rather not go at all. At the time i thought they were being unfair, no other parents i knew of were this up tight. In hind sight i can now see they were just setting them selves up. By humiliating me, i never asked to go to any parties/ events again and they didnt have to be mean parents in the future.
(, Fri 9 Mar 2007, 9:25, Reply)
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