Yeah, my parents made us leave our cell phones on the kitchen counter so they could read our texts every night, and they installed software on our computers that took screenshots every 5 seconds.
I wonder why I have issues with authority figures and privacy?
The video games in my house were downstairs, and one time I did a “Can I go downstairs?” instead of “Can I play video games?” when I knew they didn’t want me playing more games. Thought it was a clever loophole. Only worked the one time, but got jokingly referenced for the next ten years.
You had a cell phone as a child? Musta been nice. I had no door on my bedroom doorframe and wasn’t aloud out of the house except under rare circumstances.
Didn’t mean I was willing to follow the rules. All that strictness caused me to simply rebel to all authority figures. Seriously, ask me my opinions about police or the government. Lol.
As the other person said, it really depends on what people mean by “strict”.
My parents were “strict” in that they enforced a bed time. Now I have better than average sleeping habits. So that worked out.
But I’ve also read about “strict” parents that, like, take doors off their kids rooms, or read the kids private messages, or other nightmares
Yeah, my parents made us leave our cell phones on the kitchen counter so they could read our texts every night, and they installed software on our computers that took screenshots every 5 seconds.
I wonder why I have issues with authority figures and privacy?
My folks were technology skeptics and limited access to screens. We had strict allotments of time to access electronics.
This taught us how to game the rules and make up arguments to justify our discretions.
They were also lawyers, so we walked into the first trap.
The video games in my house were downstairs, and one time I did a “Can I go downstairs?” instead of “Can I play video games?” when I knew they didn’t want me playing more games. Thought it was a clever loophole. Only worked the one time, but got jokingly referenced for the next ten years.
As someone who was raised in a firmly careered household (engineering though) it’s always interesting to see other variations on it.
You had a cell phone as a child? Musta been nice. I had no door on my bedroom doorframe and wasn’t aloud out of the house except under rare circumstances.
Didn’t mean I was willing to follow the rules. All that strictness caused me to simply rebel to all authority figures. Seriously, ask me my opinions about police or the government. Lol.
Had my door taken off for playing my music too loud… Translation: We can’t yell across the house for you to “come here”.