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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No baths or school for you!My Dad started his own super-strict funadmentalist religious cult when I was a child. We weren't allowed to read anything except the bible, and we could only listen to hymns that had been written by god-fearing people. I was forced to drop out of school after grade 10 because "they were corrupting my faith" and because women's only purpose in life is to get married and raise families.
My father was clealry insane. As a result, the only women who would marry him were also insane. My 3rd stepmom instigated a "bath schedule" to deal with the fact that there were seven kids and only one bathroom (and heaven forbid we should bathe together and see one another naked!) So, my bath time was Monday afternoon....that's right, only 1 bath permitted per week for an 11-year old with oliy skin and hair. She once punished me for taking a bath on Sunday, even though there was no one else home at the time.
Fortunately, I moved out so I could finish high school, and am now a faculty member at a Canadian college.
(, Fri 9 Mar 2007, 16:04, Reply)
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