What weren't you allowed to watch as a kid?

DeltaSigStan · #1 04-15-2005, 12:52 AM

This came up in class. From age 9-12, I was not allowed to watch:

Wrestling
The Simpsons
Married With Children

I was also barred from rap, begining with that time I stupidly played The Chronic in the car.

Just made me want to watch/listen more.

sugar and spice · #2 04-15-2005, 01:04 AM

I wasn't allowed to watch MTV at all.

So of course it became my number one addiction and I'd watch it for hours and eat popsicles all summer long after i got home from tennis camp at noon.

There wasn't really anything else that I wanted to watch but wasn't allowed to.

Taualumna · #3 04-15-2005, 01:22 AM

I wasn't allowed to watch soaps until I was 12 or so.

AChiOAlumna · #4 04-15-2005, 01:23 AM

Growing up, I wasn't allowed to watch rated "R" movies...the irony is now those "R" movies would be rated PG or PG-13 at best!

BetteDavisEyes · #5 04-15-2005, 01:43 AM

The Exorcist though my sisters let me watch it once when I was 5. I had nightmares for weeks & my sisters got punished for being bad babysitters. They were 12, 15, and 17 respectively at the time.

chideltjen · #6 04-15-2005, 02:38 AM

Beavis and Butthead was a big show we couldn't watch. Mostly everything on MtV was considered "stupid" or not a good idea to watch.

ETA: Now that I think about it, my parents were really conservative. They would shield my eyes or fast forward through a lot of movies. This included anything having to do with sex or frightening images. I remember them covering my brother and my eyes while watching "Temple of Doom" and other Indiana Jones movies. Even as a young teen, it continued. I think I saw "Waiting to Exhale" in a matter of 30 minutes because they fast forwarded through everything.

To this day I still haven't seen 2 out of the 3 Ghostbuster movies, Wayne's World, the original Batmans and The Godfathers... all considered "staples" in a movie library.

Private I · #7 04-15-2005, 03:12 AM

I was unfortunately deprived of cable for most of my life, but for some reason when I was 14, my mom wouldn't let me watch "I know what you did last summer" unless it was during the daytime and with some of my friends.

She herself doesn't like to watch scary movies, so I think she assumed the same of me.

alphaalpha · #8 04-15-2005, 04:03 AM

My mom would not let me watch anything "dirty" in the title.

Say Dirty Dancing, Sleeping With the Enemy come to mind.

Also, my parents are really really conservative and would not let me watch anything that had at the least liberal take on it. Say like shows with main characters that are not white and/or strong women, some examples include, Cosby Show, Family Ties, Benson.

Truth is that i watched all these things when my parents were not home, or when i was alone in my room (had a tv and vcr in there). For how "Strict" my parents were i did a lot of things that I wasn't "ALLOWED" cause they never took time to even notice what i was watching. So i would watch something and then over hear my mom say that i did not watch those types of things cause she did not allow me to see them. I figured out really early to just not tell and i could get away with a lot of things.

mu_agd · #9 04-15-2005, 07:52 AM

I never had any restrictions on what I could watch. I don't recall my parents ever flat out saying i couldn't watch a certain show.

winneythepooh7 · #10 04-15-2005, 07:53 AM

I was never alllowed to watch horror movies, or play video games. Now everyone in my life doesn't understand why I haven't seen __________ movie or don't play video games. My mom was a teacher though and was always like "read a book, go outside" and as a kid, I listened.

Lady Pi Phi · #11 04-15-2005, 08:03 AM

My mother never allowed us to watch The Simpson. Then one day she came home and my brother and I were watching it with our father!

I wasn't allowed to watch R-rated movies until I was 14.

Lil' Hannah · #12 04-15-2005, 09:15 AM

Soap Operas
Married with Children

DZTUBAGIRL · #13 04-15-2005, 09:38 AM

There wasn't really anything that i can think of. My parents were really into going to the movies when I was little so I was seeing rated R movies since I was born. My mom used to throw her arm accross my face when anything bad was happening. It was so annoying. The funny thing is, some people weren't allowed to watch wrestling...I was seeing wrestling live since I was really little. I guess my parents are just weird! haha

aephi alum · #14 04-15-2005, 09:48 AM

My parents are very conservative.

I wasn't allowed to watch any R-rated movies. I also wasn't allowed to watch any TV program that began with the "viewer discretion advised" warning.

I was not allowed to watch V when it first aired. My parents thought there was too much violence.

As for music, only classical and show tunes were allowed. I will grant that this has left me with a deep appreciation of classical music; however, it's not my first choice these days.

AGDee · #15 04-15-2005, 10:14 AM

Back in my day, there wasn't anything on television that wasn't suitable for young eyes. We all watched whatever my dad was watching because he was King of the house and there was only one TV. Kids were expected to get up and the change the channel or volume at his will.

That said, I wasn't allowed to go to R rated movies until I was 18. I wasn't allowed to see Jaws, even though all my cousins were going to see it together. I had night terrors as a kid so they kept me away from scary stuff that might infiltrate my nightmares. My friend I and did sneak into Breathless when we were 17 and mom never found out.

Dee