Chances are you grew up in a household with a handful of rules, and you also encountered different sets of "kids' rules" at friends' houses and at school. But have you ever come across a parenting rule that seemed totally bizarre, either at the time or in retrospect? Well, members of Reddit had a lot to say about the subject. Here are some of the strangest rules people experienced both in and out of their childhood homes.
2. "We were never allowed to be alone. We had to be in our parent's sight at all times.
And we weren't allowed to go to the bathroom without asking permission, even when I was 18." u/Amelia_Raeee 4. "When he went to university, a friend of mine had to call his mother every day at 8 p.
m. to tell her what he'd done that day and what he was studying. If he were even 10 minutes late, she would start calling nonstop until he picked up.
" — u/Kilen13 6. "I overheard a family aghast because they heard me say the word 'no.' The kids were like 'she said a bad word.
' Why would you teach children that 'no' is a bad word?" — u/Mellymel75 8. "'Penis' and 'vagina' were bad words in my house when I was growing up. I still don't know why.
I would get punished for saying either of those words even if I was talking about my own body." — u/giraffemoo 10. "We had to leave our bedroom doors unlocked and fully open at all times.
It made puberty a difficult time...
" — u/Stroke_My_Weeenie 14. "My dad was a pretty hardcore atheist. There was no religion allowed at home.
I cou.
