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What did your parents forbid you to do, that you LET your children do?

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morningpaper · 28/11/2006 20:11

  • draw pictures in condensation on windows
  • skid on the wooden floors
  • jump on the beds
  • jump in puddles
  • slide down banisters
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cece · 01/12/2006 22:27

No butter on bread that you eat with soup.

brimfull · 01/12/2006 22:32

have easter eggs not a stupid pair of gloves instead or something similar

grow my hair long

learn to play an instrument

have a real xmas tree

brimfull · 01/12/2006 22:39

wheresmyhamster--I also had the don't wsh you hair when you have your period...bizarre.

oh and I wasn't allowed to wear tampons until I was married !!

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fireflyxmasfairylights2 · 01/12/2006 22:54

My parents must have been fairly easygoing. I can't think of anything we weren't allowed to do. In fact, my kids aren't allowed to do a lot of the things I was allowed to do

wheresthehamster · 02/12/2006 10:14

thought of some more

leave crusts
call adults by their first name
eat cereals anytime of day

ggirl - re hair washing thing - have you/did you ever ask why? I think I'll have to try and find out now!

yulemoonfiend · 02/12/2006 10:21

watch telly during the day

buy crap souvenirs

2nervesnapartridgeinapeartree · 02/12/2006 10:25

Use milk from 2 different bottles in a bowl of cereal?

Think my mum thought each bottle contained milk from just one cow and was reluctant to mix them!
WTF

poinsettydog · 02/12/2006 19:47

what a fascinating thread. I could never have made up some of these odd rules.

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