What did your parents never let you do growing up?

[ThePinkDreamer]

Go on the computer too long

This!!!!!!

ITV was (and still is) seen as déclassé.

I wasn't allowed an opinion and just had to tow the line at all times.

Bad moods weren't tolerated (even though my mother had horrible mood swings)

Disappointment wasn't well tolerated either!

My parents just wanted me to be compliant and not have negative emotions as neither knew how to deal with it themselves so were fucking useless when it came to helping me navigate that kind of thing.

I was very lonely especially as a teenager. I felt like I had no outlet and just had to repress everything. However, it did make me very resilient!

Watch ITV (commercial television!)
Go out to play on a Sunday
Have fun of any kind

No soaps - except Home and Away once I'd got to 16. Absolutely NOT to Neighbours though, far too racy.
No Grange Hill/Byker Grove.
No American TV - so no Friends, Frazier, Southpark, SATC etc.
No riding my bike without a helmet (thank you Mum, this one was spot on.)
No platform shoes.
No ankle bracelets (also the prostitute thing)
No thongs, lacy pants or anything other than bog standard M&S briefs.
No teenage magazines. Used to get More and Sugar from my friends in secret after they'd read them.
No chewing or bubble gum.
No ear piercing until 18.
No mascara. Weirdly I was allowed eyeshadow outside of school, so must have looked very odd with purple sparkly eyeshadow but no other makeup!
No dying of hair.
No rolling up of school skirts. I had a below the knee pleated job and can still remember the bollocking I got when my mum caught me with it rolled up to my nether regions.
No sportswear unless you were doing sport. I was a 90s kid and all I wanted was a pair of Adidas poppers.

Most of the rules were appearance and TV related. As a result I'm pretty open with what my children wear and watch. I agree with her on the bike helmet though, that's a rule I've kept!

I wasn't allowed jeans. I went to boarding school and I remember begging my parents for a pair when I was 14 for Christmas. They bought some for me ... but it had a big clown on one of the legs and an elasticated waist. First world problems I know, but at the time I did not have the ability to style it out!!! Xxx

So much weirdness.

Must wear frilly party dress type attire when visiting grandparents, and could only watch when comfy-clothed cousins played in dirt / got sweaty

Only white underwear is acceptable.

New garments could only be bought with the rest of an outfit, and only ever worn with those items. To mix and match was NOT acceptable

No hair dye.

No tampons because 'the doctor' said I couldn't (bollocks!)

Do not wear anything other than pyjamas to sit on a bed. Doing so will guarantee contracting Typhoid.

Do not wear a bra bigger than a C cup. Its slutty.

Flip flops were common, unless worn with socks.

Hobbies I enjoyed were not to be encouraged, only ones my mum considered worthwhile. So i was rubbish at netball, badminton and playing instruments for quite some time.

@GoodHeavens99
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Say ‘fart.’

Mine were also weirdly snobby about ITV. We were only allowed BBC.

Only prostitutes wore ankle bracelets apparently in the 80‘s

Snap with mine they were the ones with the big emotions so no room for mine.

Ride a motorbike

Definitely no ITV and actually very little on BBC either. Nearly everything was deemed ‘unsuitable’.
Fizzy drinks, desserts, parties, presents, fun’generally.

I always had to do everything they wanted. They didn't want inconvenience

Me too. No opinions, no emotions, no demands. I remember being called attention seeking when really quite a young child. Basically they just wanted me to go away.

Do you thank your parents for that advice, now?