Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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not going to diss my folks...but I am a bad dad. In fact it's a conspiracy between me and my ex-wife. While we may be separated, divorced and have now an 11-year old daughter, we do agree on certain core issues, surrounding education, religion, but especially music.
My daughter is not allowed free will when it comes to music. We are scared she will fall prey to so-called 'popular music' which means, Blunt, Spears, Babes, 'sis, Nelly, Akon, Ashanti, Bouncy Beyonce etc. Now, with our grown up perceptions, her mum and I agree that there is some merit to Eminem, Girls Aloud (the production, not the voices), Snow Patrol et cetera.
However this is her formative phase and we can't make mistakes here. So she is being force-fed Rush, Ozzy, Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Iron Maiden and Deep Purple. Led Zep and Rainbow are occasional side-servings.
However as we are not complete killjoys, she can listen to Green Day and Lost Prophets from the popular musical canon.
We are brain washers, her mum and me. Bad parents. But then if she grew up to listen to Oasis and Sean Paul, I'm afraid I'd have to do an honour killing. (ON MYSELF! before the spooks crash down my front door at 5am looking for sadistic kiddie murderes...)
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Sat 18 Aug 2007, 21:48,
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