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anxiousjellybean , Karolina Grabowska Report

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My mum used to pay me to be my own babysitter between the ages of 10-14 or so. The rule was that as long as I didn't make a mess and I'd put myself to bed by the time she got home then I got $10 in the morning.

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402points

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Nina 1 year ago

That's pretty smart ^^

168points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Any of the kids (7 of us) can play with any toy that is left out. The owner of the toy can't take it back until whoever's playing with it is done. If the toy is put away in the owner's room, permission must be asked.

JetScootr , Polesie Toys Report

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359points

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Nina 1 year ago

I think it's a smart rule though, teaches to take care of your things and not leave them laying around

170points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My parents would check my and my brother’s teeth for “sugar bugs” every night after we brushed our teeth, before we got in bed. If they thought we were trying to skip brushing our teeth they would tell us they could see the sugar bugs in our teeth and would make us go brush again. My brother and I were so convinced these sugar bugs were real we would constantly ask when we’d be able to see them, my parents always told us only people 13 and older could see them, but by the time we got to be 13 we had completely forgotten about the sugar bugs in our teeth.

I love thinking about creative parenting tactics like this, I’ve even used that one while babysitting a fussy kid who doesn’t want to brush their teeth/get ready for bed and it helps a lot.

batman1227 , Shalev Cohen Report

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273points

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Banana Duck 1 year ago

My parents would do little voices of the sugar bugs being scared of my toothbrush and then screaming as they were brushed away

104points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed When I was really young I had a “night night bell”. It was this old clay bell(?) that hung in the kitchen, and when I had to go to bed I got to ring the bell and everyone would come say goodnight and then I would go to bed. Not really a rule, but a weird little ritual in our house.

motorbike-t , Anirban Biswas Report

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249points

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Allison B 1 year ago

The only thing I can think of is maybe it was done to make sure the kid got to bed on time and/or to make sure they were safe and in the house before bed

47points

Ushouldknowthat , Zeeshaan Shabbir Report

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed No curfew as long as I told my mom where I would be. I was always honest bcs I loved being 16 with no curfew.

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238points

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Petro Roos 1 year ago

We had this too! As long as we dropped her a "still alive" message when we went out, all was good! OH and CALL HER if we got stuck somewhere!

111points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Maybe it's not a "house" rule. But when I was six my mom told me that if a behaved she would let me skip school on Saturdays and Sundays.
One day my teacher said "see ya Monday" and I knew

missdontcare_ , Ivan Aleksic Report

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237points

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Nina 1 year ago

Smart mom. Now where did we get those trust issues again though

107points

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed We weren’t allowed to eat anything without first asking. Even a glass of water, we were required to ask first. When my boyfriend and I started dating, I would ask his parents if I could eat or drink something if I was hungry or thirsty and it was a hard habit to break when his mom told me I could literally eat or drink anything (other than the alcohol).

It was so weird to just go into the fridge or pantry without permission. I sometimes have to fight the urge to ask my bf if I can eat OUR food in OUR apartment.

When I went to my parents house over Christmas, I was reprimanded for getting an apple without asking first. It’s just all so weird but it used to be so normal.

bigmacnpoet , Athena Report

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235points

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Sasha Grace 1 year ago

Food I can understand but water?? That's not right.

158points

If you ever ran out of toilet paper whilst on the toilet, you had to sing the "Stranded" song or else no one else in the house would bring you a roll.

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226points

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Jojo 1 year ago

This is awesome 😂

74points

#10

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My family had a thing we called the food blanket. When we’d eat casual meals, we’d lay a blanket on the living room floor and eat on it, like a picnic. My parents didn’t want to get any food on the carpet. Instead of “set the table,” my mom would say, “go lay out the blanket.” I remember being really confused when I learned every family didn’t have a food blanket.

llamallama-duck , Alex Andrews Report

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209points

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Nina 1 year ago

It seems like a fun way to eat though, having a indoor picnic :)

112points

#11

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Not being allowed to leave the table until your meal was finished. I remember eating at a friends house and looking really uncomforable trying to finish a food I didn't like, only to be told, "You don't have to finish it if you don't want to." Mind blowing.

MollyWhingo , Angela Mulligan Report

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201points

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Thor Haugen 1 year ago

I think a lot of us grew up with that rule.

144points

#12

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed If I got hurt doing a certain activity I wasn’t allowed to do that activity again.

My mother ended that rule though when I broke my wrist snowboarding when I was 16 and didn’t tell her until a month later when I couldn’t move my wrist at all and it required surgery with a bone graft to repair.

_njhiker , Tom Claes Report

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201points

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Royal Stray 1 year ago

That just sounds like a rule waiting to backfire, kids get hurt doing stuff, that's part of being a kid

20points

#13

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed I wasn't allowed to take a shower if I was home alone.

I also learned at age 7 that other households closed the bathroom door when using the toilet and keeping it open was weird. I learned that by keeping the door open at a friend's house, a friend walked by the bathroom, saw me, told their mom, their mom called my mom, and all of a sudden the new house rule was we close the bathroom door when using the toilet.

gothchrysallis , kevin Baquerizo Report

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197points

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Royal Stray 1 year ago

I can understand the shower under a certain age since small children might slip and fall, but over a certain age refusing your child privacy when they're naked or have their pants pulled down should be considered some kind of abuse.

165points

#14

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed If you don’t get A’s you don’t eat at the table. I legit thought this was normal until I had dinner at a friends’ house and my friend brought home a devastating report card. His parents were so supportive and loving..

anon , Taylor Flowe Report

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188points

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Nina 1 year ago

Wow, no pressure at all O.o

89points

#15

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed When I got in trouble I was put on "reading restriction" as a punishment. I loved to read as a kid (still do!) so it was an effective punishment at the time.

CharlieChooper , Pixabay Report

Final score:

176points

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Ashlyn 1 year ago (edited)

My parents did this too. They stopped it about a year ago tho. (They did not take my books away thank goodness but they said I couldn't read until I got ungrounded 😭)

44points

and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago

Mine too, they never actually had too though lol just the threat of taking my precious books was enough!

9points

MarieTDr 1 year ago

My mother used to punish me "for" reading.

7points

Phoenix(or nix)they/them 1 year ago (edited)

Geez how old are you? Oh wait they just straight up told me I was grounded from everything, included reading. I couldn't do anything but my chores. Couldn't sleep either. They thought it was a great idea, but infact I would get so stir crazy it would make things worse.

5points

Kitty 🥀 1 year ago

Me too! They even called it reading restriction. (Introverts unite!)

0points

A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago

My mother would send me to my room for awhile in my early years. It eventually dawned on her that my entire and very extensive library was in there so not very effective. However, she could never actually find anything to replace it with so…..

0points

O-O 1 year ago

I apparently was reading harry potter too much ( i had only memorised them ) so my mum literally hid them

11points

EmbersAreOut 1 year ago

Same! Also happened with the Percy Jackson Books.

5points

Oh? when? 1 year ago

This pisses me off. If you like anything your parents (including mine) will use it as a punishment Yesterday i told my parents i got a job interview 30 Minutes later when they asked me to make dinner i said i would after the show i was watching bc i was tired. They said "If you're too tired to make dinner how are you going to manage a job?" Parents will literally use anything against you.

6points

Cookie muncher 1 year ago

And this is why I cut all ties with my family.

0points

CORGI QUEEN 1 year ago

my friend had this too. She read so much her grades were bad. Her mom tried to take away her screens but my friend didn't care. My friends mom felt so bad for taking away books

5points

Mysterie 1 year ago

Definitely the kid who got in trouble for reading past their bedtime...

4points

Ayesha 1 year ago

When i was a kid i used to be punished with reading and that magically changed two years ago to not being allowed to read for a week

1point

Katy Hale 1 year ago

My parents often grounded me from books. Because I would read instead of doing my homework.

1point

Couragetcd 1 year ago

Same happened to me. My mom gave up after a day or so of me wandering around the house sighing heavily.

1point

Jennifer_Crowley_Luci 1 year ago (edited)

Edit: Read the post too fast! I grew up with the same punishment and hated it!! They knew that I was happy as a clam reading, so my punishment was to take my books AWAY. Took me a long time to get over that and I still hoard too many books. Just bought 3 new ones this month... BUT, I LOVE MY LITTLE LIBRARY!!

1point

Pandapoo 1 year ago

I think that is also what is happening to the OP. They are taking the books away.

2points

Mickey s 11 months ago

mine was the opposite had to be in my room - grounded had a small b&w television , couldn’t use cheap stereo - couldn’t use telephone , same number as the house ; could only answer to tell my friends I couldn’t talk because i was grounded but ! i could read had to come up with a list of 10 words i didn’t know , and the definition , before i started the book spent about 2 yrs of my life grounded reason - coming home late 🙂

0points

Jennifer Johnson 1 year ago

i got grounded from the school library for reading too much. my parents, teacher and librarian were all in on it

0points

Dawnieangel76 1 year ago

Oh I hated this punishment! I was a good kid too, but mom's second husband was abusive in so many ways, and the "no reading" was his second favorite after physical abuse.

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago (edited)

Not being able to read as a punishment? WTF? I'd make you read more & give me a written report! (Which I did with my son). He knows everything there is to know about a) Martin Luther King Jr., b) Malcolm X and c) Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic. Little smart a*s.

0points

el mago 1 year ago

That actually sounds like the punishment was NOT effective.

0points

Candy Sheppard 1 year ago

I was a A- B student and mother took my books until I make better grades. 1st time I stood up for myself!

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Candy Sheppard 1 year ago

I was a A-B student and mother took my books until I make better grades. 1st time I stood up for myself!

0points

Bridgette Sisson 1 year ago

This was the only viable punishment for my kids, they never lost them long, usually a day. One time, the only really serious infraction my daughter had, she lost the second book in the hunger games series. She could read other things but not that. She got an even bigger attitude so I read it in front of her and ooh’d, gasped and said things like you won’t believe this but never told what was actually happening. I went and bought the 3rd book and read it the next day and did the same. When she got ungrounded she got both books. Didn’t have many problems with her after except reading too late but can’t punish her when I do the same.

0points

Mine Truly 1 year ago

Who the hell stops their kids from reading??!! I had a very strict bedtime, and my mind was blown when I asked for permission to read if I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall asleep and they said yes.

0points

Sassy Squatch 1 year ago

🤣🤣🤣...good parenting though. Tailoring the method of discipline to the individual child.

0points

foryouwhynot IB 1 year ago

We don’t ever restrict educational stuff, but when ours acts up, we restrict TV, video games, etc.

0points

naylene hess 1 year ago

I used to get grounded and my books got taken away. Didnt matter i have adhd and can find entertainment in scraps of paper and random stuff on the floor lol

0points

RandomPersonOnline 1 year ago

My parents still do this… But, I’m still a smile child so ig it’s fine

0points

Ayesha 1 year ago

I remember i used to get a punishment to READ books but then two years ago it changed to NO BOOKS for a whole week

0points

Bryn 1 year ago

I was reading the 2nd Lord of the Rings book. It was magical. It was like I was there and could hear the book going on. My dad took it away as "punishment" and by the time I got it back, the magic for that book was gone ):

0points

ReginaC 1 year ago

Wowowowo...just crazy

0points

Paskoracer_ 464 1 year ago

No one tell my mom about this please

0points

HalcyonVampire 1 year ago

Lol reminds me of the time when mom said "put that book down and come play Mario kart with me!" I also loved to read and still do. When I got in trouble she would take my book away or I had to have time out outside of my room

0points

William Bennett 1 year ago

My parents did this as well but it was more to get us into read. Both were avid readers. We use to go-to the library in town about 45 minutes drive from our house once a week to exchange books. I still remember to this day love my kindle.

0points

Beetlejuice Locklear 1 year ago

This is honestly hilarious cause I grew up feeling so sneaky for finding a tiny light and hiding under my covers to read at night and then pretending to sleep when my mom came to check on me. Looking back I'm pretty sure she knew what I was doing lol

0points

Anna Drever 1 year ago

That’s just wrong. I don’t care how effective it is I’m not stopping anyone from reading.

0points

A Happy Doggo 1 year ago

My parents do this! They just ground me from any type of entertainment for about a week. No reading, watching tv, being on a phone, drawing, or anything except for homework and sleeping I guess

0points

Noor-Jannah <3 1 year ago

I would read 24/7 when I was younger, and often to the point when I'd get in trouble or my books taken (temporarily tho)

0points

Brittany Copeland 1 year ago

My mom did this. It was VERY effective when my grades slipped. She got the school librarian and my principal in on it too. I went MONTHS without being allowed anything but 2 pre-approved books a week. It was AWFUL.

0points

Sarah Lewis 1 year ago

When I got grounded, my parents took away my favorite thing, my books!

0points

Debra Robinson 1 year ago (edited)

Every time I was on restriction, no fun reading. School work only.

0points

WildHoneyPie 1 year ago

I would have flipped out!

0points

Some guy 1 year ago

I love that that effectively makes reading a reward.

0points

Michelle Smith 1 year ago

I have three younger sisters, and when we were grounded, the only activity we could do is read. I loved it because I love to read and I love the quiet away from the younger sisters. I had to watch over every day.

0points

小呀小苹果 1 year ago

You can't work on your assigned readings until you finish watching these third rate sitcoms, young man!

0points

Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago

My parents did this to me, and it was horrific. Reading was my major coping mechanism, and they took it away from me. Yes, I'm still bitter decades later.

0points

Luna Crow 1 year ago

I feel incredibly blessed that my mom encouraged reading so much. She gave me unrestricted access to her library. And considering her husband was a narcissistic dictator who didn't care about books, I think her stocking books like Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451 was her secret way of letting me know that it can be good to question overbearing regimes

0points

Mrs. Harry Potter 1 year ago

Im almost an adult and my parents still do this

0points

BatPhace 1 year ago

See that was the one thing I couldn't bring myself to ground my kids from. Was effective against my youngest because she wasn't a big reader, buty oldest treated being grounded like enforced reading times so we had to come up with something else for her lol

0points

Jonnathan Poirier 1 year ago

My mom did this take away all the books I like.....all it did was make me read new books.

0points

Bender Bending Rodríguez 1 year ago

For me asking to read was a punishment. I would have loved to have my books taken away.

0points

Scott 1 year ago

I had that happen at a school once. Granted, it was actually more of a therapy programme that had a school tied to it so that you wouldn't fall behind. I was told that I spent too much time reading and not enough time interacting with my peers and working on my issues, which I guess was a fair enough point, but it still baffles me that a school would tell a student to stop reading.

0points

TheNerdyGeek🤓 1 year ago

If that happened to me I would’ve had a meltdown💀

0points

Sussy 1 year ago

I would of loved This

0points

dark wish 1 year ago

same

0points

Darren A 1 year ago

Tailoring the punishment to the child is a great idea

-1point

#16

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed We weren't allowed to watch anything remotely sexual like if people were kissing on screen my mom would freak out and run to cover the TV with a pillow and go "blah blah cough cough" loudly until it was over.

Once I tried to see a pg13 movie with my friends and my mom cried and my dad called me horrible for making her cry. I was 14.

Dameunbatido , Erik Mclean Report

Final score:

167points

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Sarel Seerower 1 year ago

I was also raised by manipulation. It really messes with you.

150points

#17

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Haiku night dinners.

Some nights we spoke in haiku

And *only* haiku

bronwen-noodle , fauxels Report

Final score:

165points

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Niall Mac Iomera 1 year ago

That sounds tedious. I can't believe you did that. I'm sorry for you.

194points

#18

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed When I was sick I couldn't be in my bed because it would make it dirty. My mom put a towel in a corner on the hardwood floor and I had to stay there until she deemed me better enough to use my bed.

Zenosparadox1 , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

157points

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Nina 1 year ago

Wtf...

292points

#19

My father never let us talk around the dinner table. Once when I was 15 I asked everyone around the table how they were doing and how their day was. My dad got up angrily after hurriedly finishing his meal and said: "I can't stand people talking around a meal, if I wanted to talk to you I would."
We finished our meal in silence.

Morb2 Report

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142points

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devotedtodreams 1 year ago

Wow, this is just sad. I remember dinner time being a time of talking to each other (whilst eating too, of couse). My Dad would often be the one to ask: "So, did anyone hear or read something interesting today?" It was not uncommon for a simple little thing to morph into a long discussion. Good times... I miss them.

203points

#20

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed We weren't allowed to get into the fridge or the cabinets without asking permission. My family was very poor and we had a limited food budget, so eating something without permission very possibly meant eating one ingredient of a meal my step mother was planning on cooking within the next few days.

I went to friends' houses and they just ate whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted.

badhairguy , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

138points

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Jojo 1 year ago

This must have been hard ❤

87points

#21

I grew up with 6 siblings. In the TV room, there we more people than couch seats. We had a rule that you couldn't steal someone's seat if they got up to go the bathroom, get a drink, etc.

My parents instituted it because of all the fights that would happen over seats. We all instantly realized how great a rule it was. No more arguments, but more importantly, your seat was safe for the night.

I never thought it was a "normal" rule as defined by the OP, but it is a great rule that every family should have.

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134points

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JoNo 1 year ago

We had to "save" our spot on the couch by saying "save" and hitting the spot with your hand before leaving, as if hitting a button. If you did not save the spot, it was up for grabs. Maybe that's why my brother became a programmer?

101points

#22

No sliced bread in the house. Like my parents were perfectly normal in every other sense. But I think my mom assumed the uncut bakery bread at the grocery store was better quality or healthier or something? Anyway, I remember going to a friend’s house at like 13 years old and making a sandwich with pre-sliced bread! It was awesome! So much easier! My friend and her family laughed at my revelation but I’m not kidding it was a game-changer. I’d been cutting my own slices for years and they were always slightly uneven and it made making sandwiches or having a piece of bread a bit of a pain. I went home and immediately demanded sliced bread. It took a bit of convincing but eventually my mom caved to my demands. To this day my parents still prefer unsliced bread but whenever I visit my mom will go to the store and buy a sliced loaf just for me.

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129points

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Nicola Roberts 1 year ago

The best thing since sliced bread. No wait...

105points

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#23

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My mom freaks out about hearing commercials on TV. The second it goes to commercial break it has to be muted. She also mutes it if she thinks it's about to go to commercial, even though sometimes she's wrong. And she doesn't really pay attention, so she doesn't notice a lot of the time when the commercials are over so she leaves it on mute when the show is back on. It's very difficult to watch TV with her.

Final score:

105points

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Ace 1 year ago

I can relate to this. These days with IPTV it's always possible to skip or pause when advert breaks come on, and I'm quite a master at hitting the +30sec button the exact number of times for ad breaks on some common channels. I'd even change channels and come back later to what I'm watching if it's in real time broadcast and I can't skip them.

33points

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#24

I come from a large family. Any time we'd order pizza, we ordered a few different kinds because, obviously, there were different preferences. Any left overs were left in their respective boxes and placed in the oven.

I did that when I lived with a couple of roommates and of course their reaction was: "I just burned this box. Why was this in the f*****g oven?"

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100points

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Ample Aardvark 1 year ago

Where else does anyone keep leftover pizza apart from the oven? It'll be eaten for breakfast the next morning anyway!

64points

#25

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed I had SUPER laid back parents but there were a few certain things that they were randomly crazy strict about.

No gum.
No play doh.
No cereal with sugar as one of the top 3 ingredients.
No Simpsons.

I had basically no rules growing up, but those four things would make them lose their goddamn minds. I still get anxious when I’m chewing gum and I’m 35.

SiFiWiRi , Ivan Samkov Report

Final score:

94points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

We weren't allowed to watch Simpsons either, after certain incidents...

57points

#26

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed We weren’t allowed to walk in our dining room unless we were using the room for a special occasion. The carpet always had that “just vacuumed” look so it was a dead giveaway if anyone walked across it.

secretagentsquirrel1 , Spacejoy Report

Final score:

91points

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Sussy 1 year ago

Weird

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#27

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed If you couldn't find something, and you asked someone for help (sibling or parent) and they found it for you, they got to punch you in the arm.

dahaoab , engin akyurt Report

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85points

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AwesomeLeoWife 1 year ago

I get very frustrated when husband/children call me because they can’t find something then I walk in the room and instantly see it. But punching? No

14points

#28

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed My dad made a rule that I had to kill seven flies a day during my summer break.

mosaicevolution , Jin Yeong Kim Report

Final score:

81points

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That emo Girl 1 year ago

!!??

52points

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#29

First thing upon coming in the house you have to change into clean pants and wash your hands. (Guests were exempt from the pants rule but not hand washing). If you took your shoes off while you were out you had to change your socks as well.

Final score:

75points

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O-O 1 year ago

We usually have a shower when we come home but if we are too tired we just wash our hands and change clothes

27points

#30

No singing at the table, unless it's a birthday.

Still to this day I don't cope well with quiet, but I guess when I was a kid the karaoke party never stopped. It was a good rule, but not necessary for most households

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59points

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Allison B 1 year ago

I'll be honest I'd hate to hear someone singing at the table all the time especially if it was a kid. I'm very sensitive to noises and especially high pitched screeching children. I like my peace and quiet. Hence why I can't stand kids for more than a couple minutes.

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#31

This is 100% true! Visitors were never allowed 'inside'. So if someone wanted to come by to play or just hang out, you had to go out to the yard to entertain them no matter if it was night or day. Likewise we weren't allowed to go into other people's homes. I've had so many conversations on porches.

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23points

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Nicola Roberts 1 year ago

I'll be honest I'm not a huge fan of visitors. No idea why, I blame my parents. I always say I make a much better guest than I do a host.

14points

#32

No “swearing” which includes the obvious as well as “stupid”, “idiot”, “shut up” and “fart”

primordialsuper Report

Final score:

21points

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Vermontah 1 year ago

Same here because "nice people" don't say those things. My mother used to say Fudge and yuck so the next family reunion when I was 7 I told a room full of family how I invented the F word. Wow did that room get quiet.

11points

#33

If my sister or I made a mess in our bedroom, my mom would toss everything - including stuff that was already in its right space - into a pile in the middle of the room to make us clean an even bigger mess. I love her dearly but that woman and cleaning, WHEW...

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21points

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Billy Harrelson 1 year ago

My mom was like that. My room was organized chaos and if she didn't like how it looked, everything got tossed on the floor and I had to do it again.

13points

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#34

My parents used a laissez faire parenting style. No censorship whatsoever. I watched Rocky Horror Picture Show with my brother when I was 7.

Pretty awkward when I brought the VHS with me to a sleepover at a friend's house. The parents were mortified.

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20points

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Thor Haugen 1 year ago

My parents didn't censor my reading. I remember having a parent/teacher conference after I brought in a record with a dramatic reading of Poe's Telltale Heart for show and tell. Apparently a lot of the other kids were disturbed.

14points

GetMeTheJohnsonFile Report

#35

We had to have milk after dinner, but before bed. Asked my mom when I was older what that was about and she realized we could have just had milk with dinner if we wanted, but she had been raised kosher so it wasn't something she thought about.

Final score:

20points

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David H 1 year ago

What does drinking milk after a meal have anything to do with kosher what so ever? I have eaten kosher my whole life and still do, and there is literally zero about this in any Jewish literature or anything connected to this and kosher. So I have no clue what this person's mother was raised in, but it has nothing to do with kosher

7points

#36

I was not aware that other kids had no homework over summer. My mom assigned papers, projects, reading, and math workbooks. Real summer sounds fun.

FidgetyGidget Report

Final score:

20points

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Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago

My Son had tons of homework over the summer. He just did not realize it. He made sun dials, studied ant hills planned and planted a garden etc. Vacations were the same - life is full of learning... make it FUN!

12points

#37

If I talked back I'd get "quiet days" where the rest of the day I wasn't allowed to talk to my parents... At all. If I did, I lost privileges like my phone or I'd get grounded. Kinda weird looking back.

saltypotato95 Report

Final score:

19points

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Sarel Seerower 1 year ago

That's horrible

12points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#38

No shoes in the house.
Imagine my shock to learn that not only did people do this, but that it was a widely accepted practice. Personally, I think it's gross.

Chuuni Report

Final score:

19points

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Marek K (mkk3a) 1 year ago

Shoes in the house are normal only for Americans. The rest of the world either walks in socks or wears some kind of slippers.

11points

#39

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Bare skin was not allowed to touch the leather sofa. No shorts, bare feet, tank tops, etc.

Also we had to peel mushrooms. It took forever and was completely stupid.

SuperBubber , Austin Park Report

Final score:

18points

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Ace 1 year ago

I've known people who 'peel' mushrooms. Basically just removing half of the best part, completely insane.

12points

#40

30 House Rules People Had As Kids That They Only Later Realized Not All Households Followed Was literally told by my best friends dad I was only allowed to eat popcorn one kernel at a time...

CallMeRawie , Georgia Vagim Report

Final score:

17points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

So you savoured it and so it wasn't gobbled in one go?

10points

#41

As soon as I could stand on a chair and touch the controls, doing my own laundry was added to my list of chores. Me having chores started as soon as I could walk. I was doing my own laundry in kindergarten, and putting the dishes away at 2.

busterann Report

Final score:

17points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

I wouldn't trust (not sure that's the right word) a kindergartener with the laundry, there are so many variables. Like what to do if there are stains, what setting etc.

19points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#42

Vegetables: “a little or a lot?” That was my moms response when I didn’t want to eat them.

MissPeppingtosh Report

Final score:

13points

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Justin Thyme 1 year ago

Got forced to eat broccoli and cauliflower-- to this day I detest both.

6points

#43

No whistling!!

bepisbabey Report

Final score:

13points

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Jake B 1 year ago

I’m behind this. It drives me crazy. No idea why, but sometimes I’m in a store and someone starts whistling and I have the urge to mail them. I have to leave. Maybe I was killed by a whistler in a prior life? I’ve no idea why it sets me off.

11points

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What do you think ?

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Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago

Some of these are strange but others are flat out abuse. "If you ask for help finding something they get to punch you"? "If you're sick you don't get to use your bed"? Those people should not have been parents.

18points

Lirael Kl 1 year ago

A 'no' for the actual punch part, but some people can't seem to find anything, that is right under their noses. 'Mom, I can't find my shoe!' Well, if you just turn your head to the left a bit, you would! 'Honey, where are my car keys?' On the table, where you left them. If you'd just moove your wallet, you'd see them! In some cases, wanting to punch someone for stuff like this should be a fair game! )))

5points

Mattia Ferragina 1 year ago

Some people shouldn't have kids.

7points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

There were far more positive and neutral posts on this one. Usually, they're all negative.

7points

Ray Arani 1 year ago (edited)

If I wanted to change a rule or do something I needed permission for, I had to write up or type up a professional style business proposal outlining the entire thing. Needs, scope, reasoning, cost, every detail. I'm great at drafting documents of basically any kind. I had to dig to think of a positive one, my parents had some really messed up rules and methods, but that one was actually pretty cool. Anyway, drafted my first proposal at 8. By 21 I'd written municipal policy and code that was adopted by my city.

1point

Ray Arani 1 year ago (edited)

They never actually taught me how to write that stuff either, I figured it out on my own because I was a huge nerd and if there were words on a page I would read them. I had a secret set of medical encyclopedias and college text books our landlord left in our basement which I took with me when we moved. I remember a friend showing me a dirty magazine stash, and when they came to mine I showed them my...gasp...encyclopedias complete with full color pictures of horrifying medical conditions. And my secret calculus notebook. And my stacks of pretentious college lit class type novels. My parents never knew, but my friend was pretty sure I hadn't understood the assignment. In my mind their porn stash was awesome because it contained hidden knowledge, so it was basically the same.

0points

Seiun-kitsune 1 year ago

We have a rule that is someone asks you to borrow something, YOU HAVE TO SAY YES, no matter what (some exceptions like if you are using it or if it's something like a tablet)

1point

Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago

This could prove a dangerous lesson.

5points

Lisa Fleming Philpot 1 year ago

To my kids frustration this one was therapy approved. My two youngest sons were always getting into c**p. No matter what. One is on the tism scale and the other was blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. They always used excuses to cause c**p, break stuff, start fights in school with other kids. My youngest was an infant when these two yokles started acting up. I figured out a way to tie them together figuratively. Our family therapist died laughing about it she liked the idea so much. When one of the two causes c**p the other was grounded. No dates, no sports, no mall, no time with the g.f. They had to police each other. I didn't have to struggle with trying to straighten it out. They knew the other brother was gonna be peeved when c**p hit the fan. The first few times they got into trouble they didn't take it seriously until they weren't allowed to go to important events since their brother got em grounded. After that they started corrective assertive dialogue, the therapist ....

1point

Lisa Fleming Philpot 1 year ago (edited)

Label for it. They worked out their issues and learned to communicate instead of pounding on each other or others. On top of that they shared a food budget of 20 each a week. Their shared food. It got serious they gave each other temporary food shortage. That happened once. I never saw two kids straighten out faster. And again the therapist knew about the food budget... That was her idea. We were spending 600 a week for my now ex husband and three sons in food. The baby and I were doing 150 a month. My ex is a giant as are my kids. They over ate to make sure they got enough while denying everyone else food. The two youngest boys were the biggest culprits. It became easier when the eldest boy and the ex husband saw the really generic food I picked out for them to all share. They went into normal mode quickly. The younger boys tried eating the food I had to use for myself and the baby. My youngest was born with a rare stomach condition and was just starting baby food while only nursing ..

1point

Alecto76 1 year ago

Some of these are abusive. But many are quirky family things - I hope they became quirky traditions

1point

Dodo 1 year ago

My mother had the 'no showering alone in the house' thing. I think it was in case of an accident. It's a bit weird (and even as an adult I feel worried showering in an empty house) but I can understand it.

0points

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Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago

18points

Lirael Kl 1 year ago

5points

Mattia Ferragina 1 year ago

Some people shouldn't have kids.

7points

Shyla Bouche 1 year ago

There were far more positive and neutral posts on this one. Usually, they're all negative.

7points

Ray Arani 1 year ago (edited)

1point

Ray Arani 1 year ago (edited)

0points

Seiun-kitsune 1 year ago

We have a rule that is someone asks you to borrow something, YOU HAVE TO SAY YES, no matter what (some exceptions like if you are using it or if it's something like a tablet)

1point

Stephanie Goadsby 1 year ago

This could prove a dangerous lesson.

5points

Lisa Fleming Philpot 1 year ago

1point

Lisa Fleming Philpot 1 year ago (edited)

1point