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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost zero exposure to pop culture/what was generally popular with kids and adults at the time (mid to late 80s through late 90s) because my parents hated everything. No music - we could listen to the radio in the car on certain stations like the “70s, 80s, 90s mix” type stations on short trips. Anything else was horrible and inappropriate and my parents would rather sit in silence or listen to news and weather radio type stations.

No movies in theaters, but we could watch Disney and family type movies only on VHS or on TV in the basement only. No cable TV allowed but my parents would watch some of the popular network shows.

When I got a little older and I had my own money from birthday/Christmas gifts or babysitting, I wasn’t allowed to buy teen magazines because they were trash, wasn’t allowed to buy certain CD’s and music because they were also trash, they did let up on movies though as long as I paid for the tickets myself and either got my own ride or they could just drop me off and pick me up later.  It was just overall very weird and controlling behavior. [/quote]

Whoa. I thought I blacked out last night and wrote this. My childhood was the same and I still don’t understand it. I had to read teen magazines in the library. Luckily my town had a $1 second run movie theater, so once I was in MS and HS and could find a ride I did catch up on some movies. My parents didn’t play music radio ever, only incessant talk radio and NPR, but if they were stressed car rides were silent. I often wonder if they might have had autism or similar disorders.[/quote]

PP here and I definitely think my mom is on the spectrum. My dad just sort of went along. They are also both very Catholic BUT also had/still have some vaguely New Agey beliefs about your “energy” and what you “attract” and stuff like that. It doesn’t even seem all that contradictory to me to be Catholic and New Agey/hippie/etc. because a lot of Christian denominations believe that certain stuff/activities let in “demons” and this is basically the same thing.

I absolutely devoured the teen mags at the public library, and my school library had a few too! And the magazine section at Borders was my favorite place. Or I’d ask a friend who had a subscription to bring them to school so I could read them before school and at lunch and I’d just leave them in my locker until I was done because my parents would 100% throw them out if I had them at home, learned that the hard way. [/quote]

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