"My parents were really religious when I was growing up (strangely enough, they aren't anymore), and my dad had a rule that we could only listen to Christian music. It was fine by me because I didn't have an iPod or a CD player anyway. One day I was in the kitchen, though, and my dad started singing 'I'm Like a Bird' while cooking breakfast. I was like, 'Um, daddy, that isn't a Christian song,' and he said, 'Yeah, but it's Nelly. Of course, you can listen to Nelly. She's a classic!' That story is so random, and it makes me laugh whenever I remember it."
"No TV channels other than PBS Kids. We had other channels, but we weren't allowed to watch them. We also weren't allowed to watch Disney movies."
"Did your parents have any strange rules you were required to follow while growing up? Tell us in the comments or share anonymously using this form."
A household enforced a strict Christian-only music rule while the children lacked personal music players. The father casually sang Nelly Furtado's 'I'm Like a Bird' and allowed it as a named exception. Another household limited television viewing exclusively to PBS Kids and prohibited access to other channels and Disney movies. The examples show parents applying precise and sometimes inconsistent media restrictions during childhood. Other readers were invited to share additional unusual parental rules via comments or an anonymous form.
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