This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.
By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy.
You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site.
To learn more see our
Cookies Policy.
Download our app
People are sharing the weirdest things their parents banned from them as kids, and it's gas
Comedy Central Comedy Central
UNLESS YOUR PARENTS were really chill, you probably came up against a few roadblocks when it came to which films and TV shows you could watch.
The internet has been reminded of those days thanks to writer Nick Douglas, who tweeted that his parents were not so keen on one Sabrina the Teenage Witch:
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
Interesting, but OK.
Then, others started chipping in with the things they were forbidden from watching, reading or listening to, and an extensive dossier of banned items began to form.
The answers range from the somewhat understandable…
iTunes iTunes
Twitter / Emma Thrower Twitter / Emma Thrower / Emma Thrower
Ah yeah, the swearing was off the charts.
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
Fair.
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
This also makes sense. There were very few parents in the 90s/early 2000s who were not perturbed by The Simpsons, and Bart in particular.
…To the completely baffling
Popsugar Popsugar
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
Twitter / krstfr Twitter / krstfr / krstfr
Twitter / delightful gremlin Twitter / delightful gremlin / delightful gremlin
Was it the phrase “Big Willie Style”? Is that what did it?
Then there were the cases of Extreme Parenting
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
Oh to have the dedication and drive of a parent afraid of their kids being corrupted by hip hop and Indiana Jones. Maybe someday we’ll understand.
We at the DailyEdge.ie asked our colleagues what forbidden delights they wished to sample as kids, and the answers were revealing:
Over to you: What was banned in your house? Please let us know in the comments.
DailyEdge is on Instagram!
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
KIDS no fair parents pop culture