How were you raised?

[Light Soprano]

pchjolka

I wasn't allowed to eat any junk food, candy, etc~ unhealthy stuff in general all my childhood, which I'm grateful for. I was forced to do my homework always. If I used swear words, my mother would wash my mouth with soap, and if I called her names, my father would slap me, which is common thing for parents to do where I live.

I was not overprotected by my parents. My mother told me when I climbed up high in trees, and our neighbor saw me, they yelled at me to come down immediately. My father always told them "stop it, let her do it. she will learn from her mistakes".

My mom allowed me to eat junk food, but only rarely, as in...only on Halloween, but even then, I was only allowed to eat less than 10 pieces of candy. Since she's a dental hygienist, the rule was that if you eat candy, you have to brush your teeth really hard and really well. When it's not Halloween though...it's only once in a blue moon where we can eat junk food or candy. Because of that, to this day, I can very easily refuse junk food or candy if someone offers.

[Viperson]

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas.


Honestly though, I got pretty lucky with my parents. They were honest, hard-working people who never once told me I couldn't do something. Even if they didn't like what I wanted they would support me. They would let me make my own mistakes, but would still be close at hand for when I needed help. (Except for quitting school. They never would allow that. My half-brother tried that and they kicked him out of the house. xd )

They weren't perfect. Mom was always a little over-protective and dad was the 'earn my respect' type of guy, but I came out pretty good and I never once doubted they loved me.

So. . .yeah. Family WIN!

[Friday Night Shootout]

MOUNTAINsheathe

wolves.

[Torrx]

I was raised pretty well, I think.

[Teddy Bear 0f D00m]

I was raised in 4 different households.
Each expected me to act a different way.
I am a slob at heart, and I dont talk much, but I can change in an instant if I have to.

[Lunchs]

Viperson

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas.


Honestly though, I got pretty lucky with my parents. They were honest, hard-working people who never once told me I couldn't do something. Even if they didn't like what I wanted they would support me. They would let me make my own mistakes, but would still be close at hand for when I needed help. (Except for quitting school. They never would allow that. My half-brother tried that and they kicked him out of the house. xd )

They weren't perfect. Mom was always a little over-protective and dad was the 'earn my respect' type of guy, but I came out pretty good and I never once doubted they loved me.

So. . .yeah. Family WIN!

It's a wonderful feeling when you come to the point in your life where you realize that your parents are only human.

[Light Soprano]

Lunchs

Choral Soprano

Finally, a good topic here in the GD!

Anyway, when I was little, I lived off of VHS tapes and Disney movies until I was 7 years old. However, I still couldn't watch anything I wanted--everything I watched up until I was 10 years old was mainly cartoons and some shows on Disney Channel (back when shows like Growing Pain aired on Disney Channel, and when during commercials, you had this...magician dude or whatever showing viewers really cheap magic tricks), Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network.

I didn't own or operate a computer until I was 11 years old. I didn't get internet access until I was 12, and it was crappy dial-up at that. I didn't get cable internet until age...14 or 15.

In second and third grade, my mom took me and my sister out for a trail walk several times during the weekends. While my mom oversheltered me (I didn't see my dad for a while because my parents were divorcing when I was little, and my mom and dad stayed away from each other for a couple of years), at least she let me invite friends over, though she had a rule about not allowing boys over (because she thinks all boys do is rough house).

If I ever decide to have kids, I'll stress that going outside is important, and if they ask why, I'll tell them, "Well, it's either go outside and have fun, or sit inside, play video games, and someday becoming fat from sitting on your tushie all day."

Not enough kids play outside. I don't even think the boy scouts really do anymore. People are so addicted to electronics and so worried about all the "dangers" out there in the world.

Agreed. But in many neighborhoods, it is quite dangerous for kids to be playing outside. My neighborhood is extremely safe, so kids can play outside without worrying, but if you come from a place like the ghetto...not such a good idea to go play outside.

I remember playing tag, jump roping (it's sad that I didn't understand how to "double dutch" until 7th grade), hula-hooping, and doing all kinds of stuff (I was in gymnastics as a kid, so whenever my parents took me to a local playground, I would scramble over to the bars and do flips and s**t) as a kid.

I don't think it's wrong to be addicted to electronics...however, parents should set a limit as to how long their child is on the internet or watching TV. I'm pretty sure there are parental control software out there that let parents control the amount of time their child spends on the internet, and as for the TV, parental block allows parents to block certain times that their child should not be watching TV.

[Mo-Mo Twitch]

i have been raised like that too! also every time we travelled to some other country, my parents made me go to a Library and get a book of the history from there and read it...they didn't care if i was 7 or 13, they always wanted me too know, now they call me nerd and geek haha, i just know too much of many things >w< and i'm proud of it actually
and i wouldn't raise my kids that way but i would certainly want them to learn and know about things, but i won't make them learn if they don't want to =/
Also, my parents made me read a book every day, at least 2 hours per day, and then i had to write a story, or make an essay about it, so now i have wonderful handwriting, i know too much about almost everything (except politics, i've never ever liked that topic...) and yeah well, i guess that made me use at least a 4% of my brain instead of a 2% or 3% like everyone does..

[Lunchs]

Teddy Bear 0f D00m

I was raised in 4 different households.
Each expected me to act a different way.
I am a slob at heart, and I dont talk much, but I can change in an instant if I have to.

do you think that the reason why you can change so easily is because you were required to?

[catrinnn]

Man, I sure miss nickelodeon.
Gooood memories.

[Gore Effects]

my parents always read to me, and made sure my babysitter did too, so i always was good at reading and still iam and i love to read for fun.

same with writing, i remember they had me write down my what i learned in school that day they stopped doing that around 3rd grade, and i still write for fun.

racism/discrimination and all that, wasnt exposed to that when i was younger they always kept a open mind around me, probably why iam a bit more excepting of other cultures,etc than most people.

yea i think my parents did a good job

[Maah-Ree-Uh]

I was raised by wolves.
Aaooooooooooo.

[niatsu]

I was raised like s**t in my opinion... my parents should have clearly had an abortion because they are unfit to raise kids... kids being the only reason why they are together in the first place. Now I'm left to raise myself and do some damage control. I support abortion.